How to add cross domain support to WCF service

Question

I\'m trying to allow POST requests from my javascript app hosted at localhost:80 to a WCF REStful service hosted at a different port, but somehow it doesn\'t work. I\'ve tri

Answer 1

This worked better for me than the Web.config version:

Create a Global.asax

Add this method to the Global.asax.cs:

using System.Web;

namespace StackOverflow
{
    public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
            if (HttpContext.Current.Request.HttpMethod == "OPTIONS")
            {
                HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST");
                HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type, Accept");
                HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", "1728000");
                HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
            }
        }
    }
}

Ref: http://www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/wcf/X8QN260412-Calling-Cross-Domain-WCF-Service-using-Jquery.html