Below Example describes how to create and access WCF RESTful type service and hosted in IIS.
Also example shows JSON type data.
Create a WCFService Project in Visual Studio
Ex: WcfTest
1. Write the following code in IService1.cs
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
namespace WcfTest
{
// NOTE: If you change the interface name "IService1" here, you must also update the reference to "IService1" in Web.config.
[ServiceContract]
public interface IService1
{
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(
RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
UriTemplate = "/GetNameById?id={id}")]
string GetNameById(string id);
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(
RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
UriTemplate = "/GetCompany")]
string GetCompany();
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(
RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
UriTemplate = "/")]
string TestMethod();
[OperationContract]
[WebGet(
RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
List<Employee> GetEmployees();
}
[DataContract]
public class Company
{
string compName = "Company Name";
string location = "Bangalore";
[DataMember]
public string CompName
{
get { return compName; }
set { compName = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string Location
{
get { return location; }
set { location = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string CompanyAddress
{
get { return (CompName + " " + Location); }
}
}
[DataContract]
public class Employee
{
string firstName = string.Empty;
string secondName = string.Empty;
string address = string.Empty;
[DataMember]
public string FirstName
{
get { return firstName; }
set { firstName = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string SecondName
{
get { return secondName; }
set { secondName = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string Address
{
get { return address; }
set { address = value; }
}
}
}
1. Write the following code in Service1.svc.cs file
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
namespace WcfTest
{
// NOTE: If you change the class name "Service1" here, you must also update the reference to "Service1" in Web.config and in the associated .svc file.
public class Service1 : IService1
{
#region IService1 Members
public string GetNameById(string id)
{
return "hello " + id;
}
public string GetCompany()
{
Company comp = new Company();
StringBuilder sbJson = new StringBuilder();
new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(comp, sbJson);
return sbJson.ToString();
}
public string TestMethod()
{
return "Company, Bangalore, India";
}
public List<Employee> GetEmployees()
{
List<Employee> employeesList = new List<Employee>();
Employee employee = null;
employee = new Employee();
employee.FirstName = "Sharath";
employee.SecondName = "Kumar";
employee.Address = "Bangalore";
employeesList.Add(employee);
employee = new Employee();
employee.FirstName = "Employee2First";
employee.SecondName = "Employee2Second";
employee.Address = "Bangalore, Jayanagar";
employeesList.Add(employee);
return employeesList;
}
#endregion
}
}
1. Verify this entry in Service1.svc
<%@ ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true" Service="WcfTest.Service1" CodeBehind="Service1.svc.cs" Factory="System.ServiceModel.Activation.WebServiceHostFactory" %>
2. Write the the following in web.config in Service model
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="WcfTest.Service1" behaviorConfiguration="WcfTest.Service1Behavior">
<endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="web"
binding="webHttpBinding”
contract="WcfTest.IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WcfTest.Service1Behavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="web">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
<behavior name="web2">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
3. Publish the application and Host the in IIS (Add Ppplication in DefaultApplication and give the Published path in Physical Path)
4. Try accessing the following URL
Result: "Company, Bangalore, India" http://localhost/WCFTest/Service1.svc/GetNameById?id=200
Result: "hello 200" http://localhost/WCFTest/Service1.svc/GetCompany
Result (Object in JSON format): "{\"CompName\":\"Company Name\",\"Location\":\"Bangalore\",\"CompanyAddress\":\"Company Name Bangalore\"}"
http://localhost/WCFTest/Service1.svc/GetEmployees
Result:
[{"Address":"Bangalore","FirstName":"Sharath","SecondName":"Kumar"},{"Address":"Bangalore, Jayanagar","FirstName":"Employee2First","SecondName":"Employee2Second"}]
Thanks,Sharath
