wcf-web-api

I am breaking my head over this issue. I did find something on the internet about it, but not a clear answer. My problem: I have to classes in Model section of an MVC3 web app: ParentClass and ChildClass On ParentClass there is a property Children of type List I used EF Code First, which neatly generates a parent table and a child table for me in the database. Now I need a REST service that gives back a List or a single ParentClass. When I remove the property Children from the ParentClass there is no problem. But with the propoerty Children there I keep getting an error. Error: "The type

I'm trying to use an HttpClient for a third-party service that requires basic HTTP authentication. I am using the AuthenticationHeaderValue . Here is what I've come up with so far: HttpRequestMessage<RequestType> request = new HttpRequestMessage<RequestType>( new RequestType("third-party-vendor-action"), MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/xml")); request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue( "Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes( string.Format("{0}:{1}", "username", "password")))); var task = client.PostAsync(Uri, request.Content);

Given the following webapiconfig; config.Routes.MapHttpRoute( name: "DefaultApi", routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}", defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional } ); and this controller; public class ProductsController : ApiController { Product[] _products = new Product[] { new Product { Id = 1, Name = "Tomato Soup", Category = "Groceries", Price = 1 }, new Product { Id = 2, Name = "Yo-yo", Category = "Toys", Price = 3.75M }, new Product { Id = 3, Name = "Hammer", Category = "Hardware", Price = 16.99M } }; public IEnumerable<Product> GetAllProducts() { return _products; } } Using the URL

Is there an easy way to get JSONP working for the new WCF Web API rest services? I've tried this with no luck <standardEndpoints> <webHttpEndpoint> <standardEndpoint name="" helpEnabled="true" automaticFormatSelectionEnabled="true" defaultOutgoingResponseFormat ="Json" crossDomainScriptAccessEnabled="true"/> </webHttpEndpoint> </standardEndpoints> https://alexanderzeitler.com/articles/Look-Ma,-I-can-handle-JSONP-%28aka-Cross-Domain-JSON%29-with-WCF-Web-API-and-jQuery!/ Update: Latest WCF Web API bits ships with integrated JSONP support whereas usage is almost similar to the way described in