How to check whether a WCF service is running (UP) or not in ASP.NET and in C# sample code?

How to check whether a WCF service is running (UP) or not in ASP.NET and in C# sample code?

A service can be checked whether it is running or not by accessing its metadata. If it doesn’t throw exception, means, its running and up.

ASP.NET and C# Sample Code:

MetadataExchangeClient client;

                bool isServiceUp = true;

                try

                {

                    client = new MetadataExchangeClient(new Uri(“<Service address>”), MetadataExchangeClientMode.HttpGet);

                    MetadataSet metadata = client.GetMetadata();

                }

                catch (Exception ex)

                {

                    isServiceUp = false;

                }