The content type application xml charset utf-8 of the response message does not match the content type of the binding text xml charset utf-8

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I trying to consume a WCF web service using stand alone application  I am able to view this service using Internet Explorer also able to view in Visual studio service references    This is the error I am getting  The content type text html  charset UTF-8 of the response message does not match the content type of the binding  text xml  charset utf-8     How do I change this to use the correct content type   Here is my config file   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8    gt   lt configuration gt   lt startup gt        lt supportedRuntime version  v4 0  sku   NETFramework Version v4 5    gt   lt  startup gt   lt system serviceModel gt       lt bindings gt           lt basicHttpBinding gt               lt binding name  G2WebServiceSoap11Binding    gt           lt  basicHttpBinding gt           lt customBinding gt               lt binding name  G2WebServiceSoap12Binding  gt                   lt textMessageEncoding messageVersion  Soap12    gt                   lt httpTransport   gt               lt  binding gt           lt  customBinding gt       lt  bindings gt       lt client gt           lt endpoint address  http   XXX XX XX XX XX janus services G2WebService G2WebServiceHttpSoap11Endpoint               binding  basicHttpBinding  bindingConfiguration  G2WebServiceSoap11Binding              contract  G2ServiceReference G2WebServicePortType              name  G2WebServiceHttpSoap11Endpoint    gt           lt endpoint address  http   XXX XX XX XX XX janus services G2WebService G2WebServiceHttpSoap12Endpoint               binding  customBinding  bindingConfiguration  G2WebServiceSoap12Binding              contract  G2ServiceReference G2WebServicePortType              name  G2WebServiceHttpSoap12Endpoint    gt       lt  client gt   lt  system serviceModel gt      here is the stack   System ServiceModel ProtocolException  The content type application xml charset utf-8 of the response message does not match the content type of the binding  text xml  charset utf-8   If using a custom encoder  be sure that the IsContentTypeSupported method is implemented properly   The first 1024 bytes of the response were    lt Exception gt org apache axis2 AxisFault  The endpoint reference  EPR  for the Operation not found is  janus services G2WebService and the WSA Action   null amp  xd      at org apache axis2 engine DispatchPhase checkPostConditions DispatchPhase java 89  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 engine Phase invoke Phase java 333  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 engine AxisEngine invoke AxisEngine java 264  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 engine AxisEngine receive AxisEngine java 163  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 transport http util RESTUtil invokeAxisEngine RESTUtil java 136  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 transport http util RESTUtil processURLRequest RESTUtil java 130  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 transport http AxisServlet RestRequestProcessor processURLRequest AxisServlet java 829  amp  xd      at org apache axis2 transport http AxisServlet doGet AxisServlet java 255  amp  xd      at com rm janus webservice GroupCallServlet doGet GroupCallServlet java 33  amp  xd      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 690  amp  xd      at javax servlet http HttpSer   --- gt  System Net WebException  The remote server returned an error   500  Internal Server Error     at System Net HttpWebRequest GetResponse      at System ServiceModel Channels HttpChannelFactory 1 HttpRequestChannel HttpChannelRequest WaitForReply TimeSpan timeout     --- End of inner exception stack trace ---  Server stack trace      at System ServiceModel Channels HttpChannelUtilities ValidateRequestReplyResponse HttpWebRequest request  HttpWebResponse response  HttpChannelFactory 1 factory  WebException responseException  ChannelBinding channelBinding     at System ServiceModel Channels HttpChannelFactory 1 HttpRequestChannel HttpChannelRequest WaitForReply TimeSpan timeout     at System ServiceModel Channels RequestChannel Request Message message  TimeSpan timeout     at System ServiceModel Dispatcher RequestChannelBinder Request Message message  TimeSpan timeout     at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannel Call String action  Boolean oneway  ProxyOperationRuntime operation  Object   ins  Object   outs  TimeSpan timeout     at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannelProxy InvokeService IMethodCallMessage methodCall  ProxyOperationRuntime operation     at System ServiceModel Channels ServiceChannelProxy Invoke IMessage message   Exception rethrown at  0       at System Runtime Remoting Proxies RealProxy HandleReturnMessage IMessage reqMsg  IMessage retMsg     at System Runtime Remoting Proxies RealProxy PrivateInvoke MessageData amp  msgData  Int32 type     at InetgrisG2TestApp G2ServiceReference G2WebServicePortType getStudentData getStudentDataRequest request     at InetgrisG2TestApp G2ServiceReference G2WebServicePortTypeClient G2TestApp G2ServiceReference G2WebServicePortType getStudentData getStudentDataRequest request  in c  Users s Documents Visual Studio 2012 Projects G2TestApp InetgrisG2TestApp Service References G2ServiceReference Reference cs line 2981    at InetgrisG2TestApp G2ServiceReference G2WebServicePortTypeClient getStudentData ServiceRequest serviceReq  in c  Users s Documents Visual Studio 2012 Projects G2TestApp G2TestApp Service References G2ServiceReference Reference cs line 2987    at InetgrisG2TestApp Program Main String   args  in c  Users s Documents Visual Studio 2012 Projects G2TestApp G2TestApp Program cs line 57

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In my case it was simply an error in the web.config.

I had:

<endpoint address="http://localhost/WebService/WebOnlineService.asmx"

It should have been:

<endpoint address="http://localhost:10593/WebService/WebOnlineService.asmx"

The port number (:10593) was missing from the address.

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This could be an error in the web config file   Open up your URL in your browser  example   http   localhost 61277 Email svc   Check if you have a 500 Error   HTTP Error 500 19 - Internal Server Error   Look for the error in these sections   Config Error  Config File

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When I ran into this error  I spent hours trying to find a solution    My issue was that when I went to save the file I had accidentally hit the key stroke  G  in the web config  I had a straggler Character just sittings outside  so the web config did not know how to interpret the improperly formatted data   Hope this helps

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Try browse the WCF in IIS see if it s alive and works normally    In my case it s because the physical path of the WCF is misdirected

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It s possible that your WCF service is returning HTML   In this case  you ll want to set up a binding on the service side to return XML instead   However  this is unlikely  if it is the case  let me know and I ll make an edit with more details   The more likely reason is that your service is throwing an error  which is returning an HTML error page   You can take a look at this blog post if you want details   tl dr  There are a few possible configurations for error pages   If you re hosting on IIS  you ll want to remove the  lt httpErrors gt  section from the WCF service s web config file   If not  please provide details of your service hosting scenario and I can come up with an edit to match them   EDIT   Having seen your edit  you can see the full error being returned   Apache can t tell which service you want to call  and is throwing an error for that reason   The service will work fine once you have the correct endpoint - you re pointed at the wrong location   I unfortunately can t tell from the information available what the right location is  but either your action  currently null   or the URL is incorrect

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In WCF serive project this issue may be due to Reference of System Web Mvc dll  s different version or may be any other DLL s different version issue  So this may be compatibility issue of DLL s different version  When I use  System Web Mvc dll version 5 2 2 0 -  it thorows the Error The content type text html  charset utf-8 of the response message  but when I use  System Web Mvc dll version 4 0 0 0 or lower -  That s works fine in my project and not have an Error   I don t know the reason of this different version of DLL s issue but when I  change the DLL s verison which is compatible with your WCF Project than it works fine   This Error even generate when you add reference of other Project in your WCF Project and this reference project has different version of System Web Mvc DLL or could be any other DLL

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We use the Url Rewrite extension for IIS for redirecting all HTTP requests to HTTPS  When trying to call a service not using transport security on an http       address  this is the error that appeared   So it might be worth checking if you can hit both the http and https addresses of the service via a browser and that it doesn t auto forward you with a 303 status code

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Just in case    If you are using SoapUI Mock Service  as the Server   calling it from a C  WCF   WCF -- gt  SoapUI MockService   And in this case you are getting the same error   The content type text html  charset UTF-8 of the response message does not match the content type of the binding  text xml  charset utf-8     Edit your Mock Response at SoapUI and add a Header to it    In my scenario  this fix the problem

[c#] The content type application/xml;charset=utf-8 of the response message does not match the content type of the binding (text/xml; charset=utf-8)

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