How Do I call A wcf Web Service from jquery?

Question

How can i call a wcf service from jquery (i am using asp.nt mvc). This is what i used to do with asmx webservices :

   $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "Services/MyService.asmx/DoSomething",
                data: "{}",
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType: "json",
                success: function(msg) {
             //do the magic
                });
                }
            });

How do I do the same with a WCF service?

Answer 1

Rick Strahl has a great example, almost the same as what you have listed.

Answer 2

Yassir,

The precise details of how you call a specific WCF service will depend on the service. For instance, is it a SOAP service, or a REST service? JSON or Plain XML.

The good news is that if your WCF service is exactly the same as your ASMX service, then you can call it in exactly the same way.

The bad news is that, if your WCF service is different, then calling it will be different.

Answer 3

Hi there,

I just posted an article explaining how to accomplish calling a WCF service using jQuery and JSON.

http://yoavniran.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/creating-a-webservice-proxy-with-jquery/

Hope it can help you.

Yoav.