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JL.
JL.

Reputation: 81262

WCF Service, how to get the web site URL from within a class library?

I have a WCF service running in IIS that calls a function in a class library where httpContext is available. How can I dynamically get the web site url, this may also be a virtual directory?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 26412

Answers (4)

Sanjay Rathod
Sanjay Rathod

Reputation: 61

Currently I am working on WCF REST Service and I have same kind of requirement. I need service Host URL in my one of method. Here below is the different ways to get WCF REST Service Host/URL in class library.

You can use WebOperationContext class which availables in System.ServiceModel.Web namespace to getting service url. Please note this class is only for WCF REST Service.

  1. WebOperationContext.Current.IncomingRequest.Headers["host"] - Gives Service Host Name

  2. WebOperationContext.Current.IncomingRequest.UriTemplateMatch.BaseUri.Host - Gives Service Host Name

  3. WebOperationContext.Current.IncomingRequest.UriTemplateMatch.BaseUri.AbsoluteUri - Gives Service Full Url

  4. WebOperationContext.Current.IncomingRequest.UriTemplateMatch.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri - Gives Service Full Url

You can get more information about WebOperationContext class on MSDN

Upvotes: 4

Ajaxx
Ajaxx

Reputation: 2510

I'm going to start by assuming that you're using HTTP - I'm sure you can adjust the approach depending on what your specific conditions dictate. I tried to get an answer using HttpContext as well and found out that the value was null when running under Cassini so I tried an alternative approach.

System.ServiceModel.OperationContext contains the proper request context. You can follow the request down to the actual request message and scrub the header.

Uri requestUri = System.ServiceModel.OperationContext.Current.RequestContext.RequestMessage.Headers.To;

Upvotes: 27

Russell
Russell

Reputation: 17719

You could create a ServiceHostFactory which launches your service host manually, then store the endpoint address in a static class to be used by your application. Here is a simple example:

(in your myService.svc):

<%
 @ServiceHost
 Service="MyNamespace.MyService" 
 Factory="MyNamespace.MyServiceHostFactory"
  %>

(in your MyServiceHostFactory.cs):

/// <summary>
/// Extends ServiceHostFactory to allow ServiceHostFactory to be used.
/// </summary>
public class MyServiceHostFactory : ServiceHostFactory
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new ServiceHost using the specified service and base addresses.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="serviceType"></param>
    /// <param name="baseAddresses"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    protected override ServiceHost CreateServiceHost(Type serviceType, Uri[] baseAddresses)
    {
        ServiceHost host;
        host = new ServiceHost(serviceType, baseAddresses);

        MyGlobalStaticClass.Address = baseAddresses[0]; // assuming you want the first endpoint address.

        return host;
    }

(In your MyGlobalStaticClass.cs):

  public static string Address = "";

Upvotes: 4

tjmoore
tjmoore

Reputation: 1084

I'm not too hot on WCF as I'm more used to .Net 2.0, but would this do it?

HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString()

That should give you the url of the calling request. The catch here is that you could possibly have multiple domains or virtual directories pointing to the same service and it will only give you the url the client specified. However if you have multiple entry points, there is no "one" url anyway.

Upvotes: 2

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