wcf-rest

I have written my first rest services and currently i am testing them in a browser. Is there a test client or some sort that provides additional features or is this the normal way of testing i.e. in IE, Firefox etc? I use Fiddler. Browsers are a real pain to try and test with. You may want to consider testing them through a unit testing framework instead of through the browsers. E.g. NUnit or - depending on your Visual Studio edition - MS Test might be options. You may be able to avoid the WCF protocol overhead and talk straight to the service implementations, unless you specifically want to

Probably missing something very basic. I created a WCF 4.0 Rest Service. It works no problems when I'm hitting the url from a browser and I'm getting back what I want. But now I want to use that service from a client mvc application (it will also be used by other non .net platforms which is why it's a rest service in the first place). Problem is how do I get a service reference to it so I can start to use it in my c# code? With the new minimal WCF .net 4 config approach and no interface for the service contract, I don't know how to specify a mex endpoint. Ultimately I don't want a mex endpoint

I have tried to implement a REST WCF in order to explore difference between PUT and POST verb. I have uploded a file in a location using the service. The service implementation is as folowing: [OperationContract] [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "/UploadFile", Method = "POST")] void UploadFile(Stream fileContents); public void UploadFile(Stream fileContents) { byte[] buffer = new byte[32768]; MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); int bytesRead, totalBytesRead = 0; do { bytesRead = fileContents.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); totalBytesRead += bytesRead; ms.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } while

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 would like to make. Remove the JSON help as the service doesn't support JSON output. Having it there might be confusing to users. At least, have a way to output a note saying JSON is not supported. For the example replies shown, use a better example than "String content" where actual value samples can be specified. Would be good if I can supply the object that is used for being serialized as example.

I have a WCF REST service that takes some parameters and sends an email. The template for the email is an MVC3 action. Essentially I want to render that action to a string. If it were an ASP.NET WebForm, I could simply use Server.Execute(path, stringWriter, false) . However when I plug in the path to my action, I get Error executing child request . I have full access to HttpContext from my service ( AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed ). I know there are other answers out there for rendering actions to strings from within the context of a controller. How do I do this when I'm outside