Is possible to access WCF Service without adding Service Reference?

Question

I need to access Wcf service methods without adding Service Reference?how to do this?

Step 1:I create a WCF Service.
Step 2:Add Service Reference to my application.
Step 3:And Access the WCF Service methods into app.

like this way,

ServiceReference1.Service1Client obj = new ServiceReference1.Service1Client();
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    UserDetails userInfo = new UserDetails();
    userInfo.UserName = TextBoxUserName.Text;
    userInfo.Password = TextBoxPassword.Text;
    userInfo.Country = TextBoxCountry.Text;
    userInfo.Email = TextBoxEmail.Text;
    string result = obj.InsertUserDetails(userInfo);
    LabelMessage.Text = result;
}

Answer 1

You can use as follows. Just make sure to add the Service contract reference.

BasicHttpBinding binding = new BasicHttpBinding();
EndpointAddress address = new EndpointAddress("http://localhost:4684/Service1.svc");
ChannelFactory factory = new ChannelFactory<ServiceContract>(binding, address);
ServiceContract channel = factory.CreateChannel();
string resturnmessage = channel.YourMethod("test");

From here you can get fully workout regarding on that.

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible to invoke as WCF service without adding a service reference.

As a first step, I assume that you have your service contact interface as a separate class library.

Step 2: Create your WCF service and host it in IIS

Step 3: Refer your service contract library in the client application and then follow this code

ChannelFactory<IYourServiceContract> factory = new ChannelFactory<IYourServiceContract>("EndpointNameOfYourService");
factory.Endpoint.Address = new EndpointAddress("http://example.com/service");  

IYourServiceContract client = factory.CreateChannel();
var result = client.YourMethodtoInvoke(serviceArguments);

Hope this helps