I just created my first WCF REST service. I wanted it to return JSON, so i especified the response format. At first, I was frustrated because it was returning SOAP all the time and I didn't know wh...

I have been struggling with username/password authentication/authorization in a WCF 4.0 RESTfull service using the ASP.Net membership/role providers. Having spent two days trying to find something...

I am a beginner at RESTful services. I need to create an interface where the client needs to pass up to 9 parameters. I would prefer to pass the parameters as a JSON object. For instance if my J...

I got this when I consume a webservice: Operation 'Login' of contract 'IServices' specifies multiple request body parameters to be serialized without any wrapper elements. At most one body param...

I have the following method in my WCF service: [OperationContract] [WebInvoke(Method = "POST", BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml, RequestFormat = WebMessa...

I am trying to create a REST service using asp.net web api and everything is working fine but I have now come across what to do with authentication. I am a little confused of where to start, here ...

I have a service named WcfService2 (original i know) which has an IService.cs file with a public interface: namespace WcfService2 { [ServiceContract] public interface IService1 { [OperationCo...

I am trying to use the NETFx Json.NET MediaTypeFormatter nuget package to swap out the default DataContractJsonSerializer in my WCF REST service (4.0 framework). I downloaded the package in my proj...

I have successfully configured 3 endpoints for my prototype service. The endpoints are basicHttpBinding, wsHttpBinding, and webHttpBinding. The only glitch I have at the moment is in the WCFTestCli...

I have tried every combination to send a request to send a POST request to RESTful WCF from jQuery. Can someone imitate and make it working. Code is here : http://pastebin.com/Ua97919C I am work...

I have a simple WCF REST service: [ServiceContract] [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)] [ServiceBehavior(InstanceContextMode = Instan...

For a service with webHttpBinding and helpEnabled="true", the help information is getting generated properly. Was wondering if it is possible to control the output somehow. Below are the changes I ...

I get confused when and why should you use specific verbs in REST? I know basic things like: Get -> for retrieval Post -> adding new entity PUT -> updating Delete -> for deleting Th...

A very common approach to implementing RESTful services is by utilizing ASP.NET MVC to do so over WCF. ASP.NET MVC has excellent RESTful support by via flexible URL routing and flexible HTTP Meth...

I have a date time in the database and I retrieve it from the database using Entity Framework, I then pass out the data via JSON API through the DataContractJsonSerializer. The time in the date ti...

I have a bunch of wcf webhttp (rest) services that expect an auth cookie. Question is - How do I pass the formsauth ticket to the wcf service? Flowing authentication works for get requests through ...

I have this REST WCF service. [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "/GetNames/{Category}?order=asc", Method = "POST", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)] public Li...

I have a asp mvc application consuming wcf rest services (all on the same box). For authentication calls, I am trying to set cookies inside a wcf rest service. Code on the client side - HttpR...

Thanks to this answer, I am now able to successfully call a JSON RESTful service using a WCF client. But that service uses HTTP status codes to notify the result. I am not sure how I can access tho...