Connecting to Tridion Core Service

Today marks the first day of me learning about the Tridion Core Service! First let's step through how to connect (remotely from the server as a client)

• Open Visual Studio and create a new Windows Console project
• Add Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.dll as a reference in the solution
• Add Systems.ServiceModel and System.Runtime.Serialization as a reference in the solution
• Make sure the project is running .NET Framework 4.0
• Create an app.config file with the content from Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.config and update the netTcp_2011 address with the appropriate server IP

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>

  <system.serviceModel>

    <!-- Default/example WCF settings for Core Service. These settings should be copied into the host application's configuration file. -->

    <bindings>

      <!-- Default Core Service binding settings are provided here. These can be used as a starting point for further customizations. -->

      <basicHttpBinding>

        <binding name="basicHttp" maxReceivedMessageSize="10485760">

          <readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="10485760" maxArrayLength="10485760"/>

          <security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">

            <!-- For LDAP or SSO authentication of transport credentials, use clientCredentialType="Basic" -->

            <transport clientCredentialType="Windows"/>

          </security>

        </binding>

        <binding name="streamDownload_basicHttp" maxReceivedMessageSize="209715200" transferMode="StreamedResponse" messageEncoding="Mtom" sendTimeout="00:10:00">

          <security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">

            <!-- For LDAP or SSO authentication of transport credentials, use clientCredentialType="Basic" -->

            <transport clientCredentialType="Windows"/>

          </security>

        </binding>

        <binding name="streamUpload_basicHttp" maxReceivedMessageSize="209715200" transferMode="StreamedRequest" messageEncoding="Mtom" receiveTimeout="00:10:00">

          <security mode="None"/>

        </binding>

      </basicHttpBinding>

      <wsHttpBinding>

        <binding name="wsHttp" transactionFlow="true" maxReceivedMessageSize="10485760">

          <readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="10485760" maxArrayLength="10485760"/>

          <security mode="Message">

            <message clientCredentialType="Windows"/>

          </security>

        </binding>

      </wsHttpBinding>

      <netTcpBinding>

        <binding name="netTcp" transactionFlow="true" transactionProtocol="WSAtomicTransaction11" maxReceivedMessageSize="10485760">

          <readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="10485760" maxArrayLength="10485760"/>

        </binding>

        <binding name="streamDownload_netTcp" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" transferMode="StreamedResponse" sendTimeout="00:10:00"/>

        <binding name="streamUpload_netTcp" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" transferMode="StreamedRequest" receiveTimeout="00:10:00"/>

      </netTcpBinding>

    </bindings>

    <client>

      <!-- Default Core Service endpoint settings are provided here. The endpoint name should be specified when constructing a proxy service instance.

      The mapping between proxy service types and applicable endpoint names is as follows (see also the contracts specified on each endpoint):

      CoreServiceClient: basicHttp

      SessionAwareCoreServiceClient: wsHttp, netTcp

      StreamDownloadClient: streamDownload_basicHttp, streamDownload_netTcp

      StreamUploadClient: streamUpload_basicHttp, streamUpload_netTcp

      -->

      <endpoint name="basicHttp_2011" address="http://10.9.5.48/webservices/CoreService2011.svc/basicHttp" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="basicHttp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ICoreService"/>

      <endpoint name="streamDownload_basicHttp_2011" address="http://10.9.5.48/webservices/CoreService2011.svc/streamDownload_basicHttp" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="streamDownload_basicHttp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.IStreamDownload"/>

      <endpoint name="streamUpload_basicHttp_2011" address="http://10.9.5.48/webservices/CoreService2011.svc/streamUpload_basicHttp" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="streamUpload_basicHttp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.IStreamUpload"/>

      <endpoint name="wsHttp_2011" address="http://10.9.5.48/webservices/CoreService2011.svc/wsHttp" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ISessionAwareCoreService">

        <identity>

          <dns value="localhost"/>

        </identity>

      </endpoint>

      <endpoint name="netTcp_2011" address="net.tcp://10.9.5.48:2660/CoreService/2011/netTcp" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="netTcp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.ISessionAwareCoreService"/>

      <endpoint name="streamDownload_netTcp_2011" address="net.tcp://localhost:2660/CoreService/2011/streamDownload_netTcp" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="streamDownload_netTcp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.IStreamDownload"/>

      <endpoint name="streamUpload_netTcp_2011" address="net.tcp://localhost:2660/CoreService/2011/streamUpload_netTcp" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="streamUpload_netTcp" contract="Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client.IStreamUpload"/>

    </client>

  </system.serviceModel>

<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/></startup></configuration>

• Write the following code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Tridion.ContentManager.CoreService.Client;

namespace CoreService
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Connecting to Core Service
            var client = new SessionAwareCoreServiceClient("netTcp_2011");
            client.ChannelFactory.Credentials.Windows.ClientCredential = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("administrator", "tridion");
            Console.WriteLine("Connected to CoreService with user " + client.GetCurrentUser().Title);
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}