{"id":324,"date":"2013-05-02T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/putridparrot.com\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:30:38","slug":"quickstart-wcf-service-and-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/putridparrot.com\/blog\/quickstart-wcf-service-and-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickstart WCF service and client"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve already got a post on WCF basics, but I had to quickly knock together a WCF service and client to try something out today and I thought it’d be useful to list the steps to create a real bare bones service and client in a single post. <\/p>\n

Let’s begin with the service itself. I want to create a self hosted service running from a console app. so I can easily debug and control everything, so<\/p>\n

1. Open a new instance of Visual Studio
\n2. Create a new console application.
\n3. Copy the following into the Main method<\/p>\n

\r\nServiceHost serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(MyService));\r\nserviceHost.Open();\r\nConsole.WriteLine("Service Running");\r\nConsole.ReadLine();\r\nserviceHost.Close();\r\n<\/pre>\n
4. Add the reference to System.ServiceModel as well as a valid app.config. For example<\/p>\n
\r\n<system.serviceModel>\r\n   <behaviors>\r\n      <serviceBehaviors>\r\n         <behavior name="">\r\n            <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" \/>\r\n            <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" \/>\r\n         <\/behavior>\r\n      <\/serviceBehaviors>\r\n   <\/behaviors>\r\n   <services>\r\n      <service name="WcfTest.MyService">\r\n         <endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""\r\n                   contract="WcfTest.IMyService">\r\n            <identity>\r\n               <dns value="localhost" \/>\r\n             <\/identity>\r\n         <\/endpoint>\r\n         <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""\r\n                    contract="IMetadataExchange" \/>\r\n         <host>\r\n            <baseAddresses>\r\n               <add baseAddress="net.tcp:\/\/localhost:8732\/MyService\/" \/>\r\n            <\/baseAddresses>\r\n         <\/host>\r\n      <\/service>\r\n   <\/services>\r\n<\/system.serviceModel>  \r\n<\/pre>\n
5. Create an interface with at least one method, as we’re calling the service MyService, let’s call the interface IMyService. You’ll need at least one method and the interface shold have a ServiceContract attribute and the method have an OperationContract, for example<\/p>\n
\r\n[ServiceContract]\r\npublic interface IMyService\r\n{\r\n   [OperationContract]\r\n   void SayHello(string name);\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
6. Implement the interface for example<\/p>\n
\r\npublic class MyService : IMyService\r\n{\r\n   public void SayHello(string name)\r\n   {\r\n      Console.WriteLine("Hello " + name);\r\n   }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
6. Run the application<\/p>\n
Now to the client…<\/p>\n
1. Open a new instance of Visual Studio
\n2. Create a console application
\n3. Add a service reference (use the url from the server, i.e. net.tcp:\/\/localhost:8732\/MyService\/mex from the service’s app.config)
\n4. Click Go
\n5. Click OK
\n6. Finally add the following code into the Main method<\/p>\n
\r\nvar client = new MyServiceClient();\r\nclient.SayHello("Scooby Doo");\r\nclient.Close();\r\n<\/pre>\n
Now we have a working service and client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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