Question

I am trying to use microsoft translator and each time I am trying to create LanguageServiceClient I get an error.

try
{
    // Add the http header
    string headerValue = GetAccessToken();
    HttpRequestMessageProperty httpRequestProperty = new HttpRequestMessageProperty();
    httpRequestProperty.Method = "POST";
    httpRequestProperty.Headers.Add("Authorization", headerValue);

    TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient client = new TranslatorService.LanguageServiceClient();
    using (OperationContextScope scope = new OperationContextScope(client.InnerChannel))
    {
        OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageProperties[HttpRequestMessageProperty.Name] = httpRequestProperty;
        result = client.Detect("", textToTranslate);
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    result = "Error: " + ex.Message;
}

The error:

Could not find default endpoint element that references contract
‘TranslatorService.LanguageService’ 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.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I discovered the error.

I was putting the service configuration in a class library where I do the translation logic. I tried to add it to the website configuration file “web.config” instead, and it’s working now.