Question

I do not have IIS, I use my localhost that comes with Visual Studio, I am not sure how to make a service call work if I am using localhost. It tells me “Unable to connect to remote server” , Is there a way I can make a webservice call work using localhost?. Here is my code:

    public void CallService()
    {
        WebRequest requestweb = WebRequest.Create("http://localhost/WebServices/MyTestService/HelloWorld");
        requestweb.Method = "GET";
        //Line below returns "Unable to connect to remote server"
        WebResponse response = requestweb.GetResponse();
        Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
        Stream data = response.GetResponseStream();
        response.Close();
    }

Would truly appreciate an advice on this. Thank you

Answer 1

Open the website you’re trying to connect to in your favorite web browser. Copy the value from your location bar and paste it as the parameter to WebRequest.Create.