Invoking WCF service method through a browser

Question

I\'ve a WCF service which uses basic http binding. How do I invoke its operations/methods through a browser?

Answer 1

I would recommend setting up multiple endpoints for the Service. Add an endpoint using webHttpBinding to get an XML version of the service. If this is done correctly the response you will get from the service is identical to the basicHttpBinding endpoint, but without the SOAP overhead.

Other than that, you can't call a SOAP web service directly from the browser because it requires a form post. You could use a tool to test it using SOAP though, I recommend Soap UI. Its written in Java but I try not to hold that against it. :)