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Asked: 2026-06-11T19:00:54+00:00

I am creating a service REST type using WCF in C# Visual Studio 2010

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I am creating a service REST type using WCF in C# Visual Studio 2010 . The service receives a JSON file and then replies back with another JSON. I have built a Windows Forms Application and got to make the service work by creating a channel. I just send the JSON via POST, and get the contents. I want to bind the application as a Windows Services (Services in Control Panel). Thus, I created a WCF Service application, but when I debug it it opens the WCF Test Client Utility, however it fails because it asks for metadata. However, as I am using REST architecture I dont think I need to use metadata at all, since I don’t even want to expose the services, I just want the users who know the service, then consume them. So, my question is more like how do I debug a WCF service REST type, without having to use metadata? Seems to me, to create client own my own and then put the service on Windows Service is not very good idea, since it takes a long time to install/uninstall.

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    My preference is to put the WCF Service in a library, make a separate simple console application, and self-host the service within a console application. This makes debugging very simple.

    Later, when you want to make it a service (in Services), you can make a Windows Service project, and just reference the service library and host it within the windows service application.

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