Calling SharePoint web services

Question

After some research on calling SharePoint webservices, it seems that using the following URL:

https://yoursite.sharepoint.com/_vti_bin/lists.asmx?wsdl

would allow me to request data from SharePoint sites that I have access to.

If that URL doesn't return anything (404), does that mean that the webservices have been disabled by the Admin (Enterprise context)?

Thanks in advance.

Does that mean it has been disabled by the admin? Shouldn't all the sharepoint sites have the wsdl associated with them? — ltalhouarne, Sep 10, 2014 at 16:57

Waqas Sarwar MVP · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-10 16:59:31Z

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404 Mean file not found.

Couple of things to check and correct.

Make sure the Address is correct...try to browse the site collection without /_vti_bin/lists.asmx?wsdl and see if you get the site. For my guess you site collection address is not correct...isn't http://www.something.com/sites/url?
also remove the wsdl at the end then try -

answered Sep 10, 2014 at 16:59

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It works fine without wsdl. Isn't the wsdl necessary to query my site though?
– ltalhouarne
Sep 10, 2014 at 17:21
check this for the anwser...same issue..stackoverflow.com/questions/6226873/…
– Waqas Sarwar MVP ♦
Sep 10, 2014 at 18:32

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