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"The test form is only available for requests from the local machine."

I created a Web Service in .Net and so the address of the service file has a nifty auto generated explanation about how it works. When I run the page from the machine it's hosted on it even has a form that I can use to submit test values to the service. However on remote machines it hides the form and gives the message as seen above.

Is there a point to this? I've seen other sites call this "more secure" but anyone could create their own forms easily making this nothing more than a nuisance if you ask me.

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Spencer Ruport Avatar asked Jun 22 '09 16:06

Spencer Ruport


1 Answers

You can work around this issue by modifying your web.config to include these nodes:

<configuration>     <system.web>      <webServices>         <protocols>             <add name="HttpGet"/>             <add name="HttpPost"/>         </protocols>     </webServices>     </system.web> </configuration> 

This will allow you to visit the .asmx web service via your browser. You can then invoke the web services right in your browser, pass arguments, and view the results.

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p.campbell Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 14:09

p.campbell