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ASP.NET Core–Connecting to a WCF service

In an ASP.NET Core application(using the full .NET framework) we had to consume a WCF service.

Should be easy right? Unfortunately it turned out that be more work than I expected.

  • I right clicked on my project and searched for an Add service reference… option. No luck, instead I saw a Connected Services section. Maybe that will do it?

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  • I right clicked on the Connected Services section and choose Add Connected Service.

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  • This opened up the Connected Services window but no option was available to connect to an existing WCF service Sad smile

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  • Maybe the Find more services… link at the button will help me? This brought me to the Visual Studio Marketplace. And yes… a search for ‘WCF’ showed up a Visual Studio Connected Services plugin that allows to add a WCF Web service reference to .NET Core projects. Exactly what I needed.

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  • I clicked on Download, closed Visual Studio after which the installer appeared and I could install the extension.
  • After the installation has completed, we can open up Visual Studio again, try Add Connected Services again. This time we see a 3th option appear:
    • Microsoft WCF Web Service Reference Provider – Preview

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  • Click on it and you’ll get the same options you had before when using Add service reference…

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