Custom Timer Job to execute WCF web service error - Could not find default endpoint element that references contract

Question

Hi,
I am currently creating custom timer job to call WCF web service to perform nighty job to update employee document library metadata. If I update regular list/library items it updates correctly on a specified interval basis. However when I try to integrate
the WCF client, it throws error shown below :
Could not find default endpoint element that references contract EmployeeServiceReference.
EmployeeServiceClient in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching this contract could be found in the client element.
I followed exact instructions Andrew Connell has provided but included my logic in execute()
public
override
void Execute(Guid
targetInstanceId)
var empClient =
new
'ServiceReference.EmployeeServiceClient();
var employee = empClient.EmployeesMethod();
I have tried all approaches to manually adding app.config settings in sharepoing web.config but still it throws the error mentioned. It seems that application config and sharepoint site config binding issue still exist and cannot be resolved.
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding
name="BasicHttpBinding_EmployeeService"
/>
</basicHttpBinding>
<netTcpBinding>
<binding
name="CustomBinding_EmployeeService">
<security>
<transport
protectionLevel="None"
/>
</security>
</binding>
</netTcpBinding>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding
name="WSHttpBinding_EmployeeService">
<security
mode="None"
/>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint
address="http://services.mycomp.com/EmployeeService.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_EmployeeService"
contract="EmployeeServiceReference.EmployeeService"
name="WSHttpBinding_EmployeeService"
/>
<endpoint
address="http://services.mycomp.com/EmployeeService.svc/soap"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_EmployeeService"
contract="EmployeeServiceReference.EmployeeService"
name="BasicHttpBinding_EmployeeService"
/>
<endpoint
address="net.tcp://crmapp.mycomp.com:5050/EmployeeService.svc/tcp"
binding="netTcpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="CustomBinding_EmployeeService"
contract="EmployeeServiceReference.EmployeeService"
name="CustomBinding_EmployeeService">
<identity>
<userPrincipalName
value="[email protected]"
/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
Will you please help resolving this issue?

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use any of the three approaches:-
1) Access web application's web.config programmatically in Execute() method.
http://praveenkasireddy.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/access-web-application-configuration-values-in-timer-job-sharepoint/
2) Store the configuration in xml and upload it to SharePoint document library then read from there
http://www.sharepointdynamics.net/2011/08/using-an-xml-settings-file-to-store-values-for-your-sharepoint-projects/
3) Programmatically configure a WCF endpoint.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647110.aspx
Regards, Shruti