I think there is a simpler way:
public async Task<string> CreateSoapEnvelope()
{
string soapString = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:xsd=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"" xmlns:soap=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"">
<soap:Body>
<HelloWorld xmlns=""http://tempuri.org/"" />
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>";
HttpResponseMessage response = await PostXmlRequest("your_url_here", soapString);
string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return content;
}
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostXmlRequest(string baseUrl, string xmlString)
{
using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
var httpContent = new StringContent(xmlString, Encoding.UTF8, "text/xml");
httpContent.Headers.Add("SOAPAction", "http://tempuri.org/HelloWorld");
return await httpClient.PostAsync(baseUrl, httpContent);
}
}