How can i test a wcf service in a browser? I mean if i only enter the url in the browser it should give me only relevent xml
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ltech
2010-04-05 11:29:26
That does not appear to be a duplicate of this question?
slugster
2010-04-05 11:33:09
mistakenly i updated one of my earlier post, but i have corrected that, u can recheck that post
pankaj
2010-04-05 11:34:17
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Make a test application for it. It can be as simple as having a UI with a bunch of buttons, when you press a button then a certain function exposed by the WCF service is called, you could maybe echo the output to a textblock in the app. You could also have a bunch of input type UI items (textboxes, dropdowns, whatever) so you can select parameters to pass to the WCF function.
If you want to be really classy, then make a set of unit tests for it - this means that you will have to have it hosted somewhere though so that it can be called any time the tests are run.
slugster
2010-04-05 11:31:45
hi, i need to use the output of the wcf service in a iphone application. So i need a url now which can return me xml which i can use it in iphone
pankaj
2010-04-05 11:36:21
You should mention things like that in your question description - it is an important detail. Having said that, XML is XML - you can "test" it on any platform, unless your WCF functions are changing what is returned based on the caller.
slugster
2010-04-05 12:13:43
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It depends on what type of WCF service you have:
if you're using a WCF REST service (
webHttpBinding), then you should be able to just navigate to the service address, e.g.http://yourserver/somedir/service.svcif you're using anything else, you have a SOAP service, and you cannot test a SOAP service in a web browser - the browser just doesn't understand and speak SOAP. There's however a WCF Test Client app in your C:\ drive somewhere which you can use for that purpose.
marc_s
2010-04-05 11:42:06
can u pl tell me how can i useit in first way i.e, as WCF REST service (webHttpBinding),
pankaj
2010-04-05 11:48:03
@pankaj: check out the WCF REST dev center on MSDN: msdn.microsoft.com/WCF/REST. To test a WCF REST service, just navigate to the service URL and you should see the XML returned right away
marc_s
2010-04-05 12:17:27