A service that dynamically listens for a XML response

Thomas

8y764

Greetings my peepz.

The problem for the day is hereby ready for you.

My next project at my workplace is as usual, something I have never tried before.

The problem has two parts and it is the second part that need your help:

part 1:

Send an XML request via web service to an adress, which is pretty simple

part 2:

The company I send the XML request to is going to send me an XML response which I will have to decipher and handle accordingly. This is however not the problem either, the problem is that I don't know, at all, when the XML response will arrive. Normally the XML response arrives immediately, but not in this case. It can take hours or even days, I don't know. All I know is that is that the sender will "push" the XML response. Normally i "pull" any XML response I wnat, but not in this case. I somehow need a service of sorts to dynamically listen/await for this XML response which I then will handle accordingly.

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Guest User8y ago
How about this:

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/301dc3/web-services-part-2-creating-a-webservice/

Many more available online.
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Thomas8y ago
Yes, i figure as much.
My problem is that i have no experience with webservises at all. Where to begin?
I use Visual Studio 2017
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Guest User8y ago
A webservice is the logical choice. However if you must decide where they push it to, then you'll need to choose what type to build, e.g. REST, SOAP or WCF. Choose what you know best.
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Thomas8y ago
All i know is this. They will push an XML response my direction at som given point in time. I know the build up of said XML response and this is not what worries me. What worries me is how to develope what ever it is i have to develope to "listen" to any incoming XML responses that can come at any given time. I have both server, XML request and other requirements at hand, but not the recieving end of it. I don't know what kind of technology to research into in this regard.
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Guest User8y ago
What are the requirements? How will they push it to you? Usually, they will use a web service to communicate, so you need to build one I guess.

There are many other ways, for example using files uploaded to an FTP folder, or even reading a file attachment from an email.
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