Invoking WCF service from a hyperlink in an email.

Question

You know the scenario....You are adding functionality to your system to send out an email to validate a users email. Typically the email will contain a hyperlink which will request a page in your application - passing appropriate information - to determine that a user has validated their email....

I want to forgo adding a dedicated page to application to do this, and take as few steps as possible to invoke a service to do what I explained above. What steps can I take to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can use webHttpBinding and use a path like the following

http://YourServer/YourApp/YourService/MethodName[?parameters]

NOTE: you would have to set the Method="GET" on the methods that you want to invoke using WebGetAttribute or WebInvokeAttribute along with the OperationContractAttribute.