Getting a POST endpoint to work in self-hosted (WebServiceHost) C# webservice?

Question

So, I have been messing around with webservices for a while now, and I keep getting back to some basics, that I never seem to get right.

Question 1:

When u

Answer 1

I found out the answer. This is how to define a method, that can take the raw data sent in a HTTP POST:

[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(BodyStyle=WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
Stream PutMessage(Stream data);

and the implementation is like this:

public Stream PutMessage(Stream data)
{
    byte[] buffer = new byte[65535];

    int bytesRead, totalBytes = 0;
    do
    {
        bytesRead = data.Read(buffer, 0, 65535);
        totalBytes += bytesRead;
    }
    while (bytesRead > 0);

    // Then you could interpret it as a String for example:
    string jsonString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, totalBytes);
    // yada yada
}