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Reputation: 127

JSon format to invoke REST service

I have a wcf REST Service which is calling a method that updates something in the database. The method takes a parameter.

lets say my is void MarkMobileAppApplicationAsCancelled(string applicationId);

Now I am trying to invoke that service using one app from chrome app store called CREST. but I dont know how to invoke that method in Json format.

Any help??

I have some thing like 

[OperationContract]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "POST", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped, UriTemplate = "/MarkMobileAppApplicationAsConfirmed/")]
        void MarkMobileAppApplicationAsConfirmed(string applicationId);

what i am trying is initialize this method which will update my database by setting the application's application_confirmed = true,

I wrote the following in the Request Builder 

https://local.blaSys.com/MobileAppWCF.svc/MarkMobileAppApplicationAsCancelled/

and the following in the header

content-type:application/json

Now, what would i write in the Request Entity??

Upvotes: 0

Views: 165

Answers (1)

faester
faester

Reputation: 15086

Most likely you would not want to write anything in the request, but rather get the applicationID from the url.

You can obtain this by using a slight modification

    [WebInvoke(Method = "POST", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped, UriTemplate = "/MarkMobileAppApplicationAsConfirmed/{applicationID}")]
    void MarkMobileAppApplicationAsConfirmed(string applicationId);

Now you can simply make a standard http request (using curl/fiddler for testing and WebClient/WebRequest) in the proxy against the endpoint

https://local.blaSys.com/MobileAppWCF.svc/MarkMobileAppApplicationAsCancelled/someApplicationId

Remember that the method given to the request must be POST as indicated in the WebInvoke attribute. (I guess a PUT would be more idiomatically correct since you must be updating a method, but that is another discussion.)

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 1

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