Error : The Web application at [URL] could not be found.

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powerSP0 October 13, 2014 0 Comments

Hi,

I am trying to run a simple code like finding all the users in the SharePoint site.

But I am seeing this error constantly no matter what I do!!

The Web application at [URL] could not be found. Verify that you have typed the URL correctly. If the URL should be serving existing content, the system administrator may need to add a new request URL mapping to the intended application.

I’ve changed project properties ‘Any cpu’ to x64 and tried but failed.

Thanks

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2014-10-14T15:19:00+00:00

I’ve checked all the suggestions you people gave me with no luck.

Here is a simple code that I am trying to do:

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

//site url

string siteurl = https://xxxxx;

using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteurl))

{

//all site users in the sharepoint site

foreach (var users in site.RootWeb.SiteUsers)

{

Console.WriteLine(users);

}

Console.ReadKey();

}

FileNotFoundException:

The Web application at https://xxxxx could not be found. Verify that you have typed the URL correctly. If the URL should be serving existing content, the system administrator may need to add a new request URL mapping to the intended application.

Thanks

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score 0 · Answer 2 · 2014-10-14T12:27:00+00:00

The code is executed on a different machine – The SharePoint object model (except the Client API) requires to be run on the SharePoint server itself. It is not possible to run the application on a server which is not within the same SharePoint farm the code is trying to access.
1. Insufficient Rights on the site collection – The code is executed in context of an account which does not have read permission on the site collection
2. Incorrect Url being used – Verify that the site works correct in a browser and double check that the server is correct registered in the AAM settings
3. Incorrect bitness – The SharePoint object model needs to be executed with the same bitness as the operating system. That means you cannot use the SharePoint object model in a 32-bit application if the Operating System and SharePoint are installed as 64-bit version. Ensure to compile the project using the correct bitness (64-bit on a 64-bit machine vs. 32-bit on a 32-bit machine)
4. Incorrect .NET framework version – Ensure that the project is configured to use .NET 3.5. .NET 4.0 cannot be used with the current versions of SharePoint

Source: http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/55397/sharepoint-2010-webservice-url-could-not-be-found

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score 0 · Answer 3 · 2014-10-14T12:09:00+00:00

Thanks guys..

I doubt on this line..

Incorrect .NET framework version – Ensure that the project is configured to use .NET 3.5. .NET 4.0 cannot be used with the current versions of SharePoint

I am working on .net Framework 4.5 and SharePoint 2013.

Does that make any difference?

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