How to perform GET web requests to WCF Service Without WCF Client?

Question

I want to send a GET web Request to a WCF service: for example to: http://TheirServerIP:PortNumber/TheirService/TheirServiceName.svc?op=theirWCFmethod

i want to write a C# code in my page (web aplication) that send HTTP GET request to their service (without WCF Client)

can i do that ?

Answer 1

The basic approach to call HTTP resource is:

var request = HttpWebRequest.Create("YourURL");
request.Method = "GET";
var response = request.GetResponse();
...

Answer 2

Well, in that case, you need to create a WCF REST service, one that can be called from any language using any HTTP stack and no need for any WCF specifics.

Check out the WCF REST developer center for lots of great info on WCF REST services.

Basically, what it boils down to is

• using the WebHttpBinding on your server side
• defining a URL pattern to handle requests and their parameters

For the client part of this, use the answer Ladislav provided - just new up a HttpRequest object and make a HTTP GET request to a valid URL - that's all there is, really.

Answer 3

To create a WCF service that responds to HTTP GET or HTTP POST requests http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb628610.aspx