How to create and consume wcf rest service in C#

How to create and consume wcf rest service in C#

1) Create WCF Service application

2) Add interface file+Class file+ .svc file

           Interface file:  interface1.cs

           Class file: class1.cs

           Service file: Service2.svc

3)  interface1.cs

using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace WcfService1

{

[ServiceContract]
    interface Interface1
    {
        [WebGet]
           
        Person GetPerson();
    }


    [DataContract]
    public class Person
    {
        [DataMember] public int id{get;set;}
        [DataMember] public String Name{get;set;}
        [DataMember] public DateTime Dob{get;set;}
    }
}

}

4) Class1.cs

namespace WcfService1
{
    [ServiceBehavior(IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults=true)]
    public class Class1:Interface1
    {
        public Person GetPerson()
        {
            WebOperationContext wc = WebOperationContext.Current;
            String contentType=wc.
                IncomingRequest.
                Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.ContentType];

            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
            {
                if (contentType.Contains("application/json"))
                {
                    wc.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "application/json";
                    wc.OutgoingResponse.Format = WebMessageFormat.Json;
                }
                else
                {
                    wc.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "text/xml";
                    wc.OutgoingResponse.Format = WebMessageFormat.Xml;
                }
            }
            return new Person { id = 102, Dob = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-40), Name = "Peter"};
        }
    }
}

5) Service2.svc

<%@
    ServiceHost
    Factory="System.ServiceModel.Activation.WebServiceHostFactory"
    Service="WcfService1.Class1"
%>

6) In Web.config

  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="WcfService1.Class1">
        <endpoint binding="webHttpBinding"
                   contract="WcfService1.Interface1"
                   behaviorConfiguration="restBehaviour"
                  ></endpoint>
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <endpointBehaviors>
        <behavior name="restBehaviour">
          <webHttp helpEnabled="true" faultExceptionEnabled="true"/>
        </behavior>
      </endpointBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>

6) Just run   http://localhost:port/Service2.svc

U will get help page

7) How to consume WCF Rest Service JSON format

            Uri uri = new Uri("http://localhost:23454/Service2.svc/GetPerson");

            WebClient client = new WebClient();
            client.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.ContentType, "application/json");

            Stream jsonSTream=
                client.OpenRead(uri);

            StreamReader reader =
                new StreamReader(jsonSTream);

            String strPerson=reader.ReadToEnd();
            Console.WriteLine(strPerson);
            Console.ReadLine();

JSON OUTPUT:

{"Dob":"\/Date(120135205873-0700)\/","Name":"Peterapplication\/json","id":102}

7) How to consume WCF Rest Service XML format

            Uri uri = new Uri("http://localhost:23454/Service2.svc/GetPerson");

            WebClient client = new WebClient();
            client.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.ContentType, "text/xml");

            Stream jsonSTream=
                client.OpenRead(uri);

            StreamReader reader =
                new StreamReader(jsonSTream);

            String strPerson=reader.ReadToEnd();
            Console.WriteLine(strPerson);
            Console.ReadLine();

XML Output:

<Person xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WcfService1" xmlns:i="htt
p://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Dob>1973-10-22T03:53:29.6915206-07:00</
Dob><Name>Petertext/xml</Name><id>102</id></Person>


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