Question

Is there a way to call a WCF directly while still developing locally?

When I run my WCF project the config file has the following:

http://localhost:8732/Design_Time_Addresses/Design_Time_Addresses/MFA_WCF/Service1/

When I input this line as my URL in the browser (adding the method) a blank page shows up… I was hoping for some message or something. I’m looking for the URL so I can plug it into my jQuery call like I did when I was working on .ASMX files.

Originally my webservices were in the same project as my .js files so I would call it like this:

url: "../webService/file.asmx/methodName",

But now I’ve broken out the WCF into its own project (still within the solution). What URL should I put when I’m trying to access my WCF?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Not sure but maybe this post can help you. Specially this part:

Generally, for client application that need to call WCF
service, we first create the client service proxy class through VS Add
ServiceReference or svcutil.exe, then using the generated proxy class to
invoke service operations. And when creating the service proxy classes, the
tool will also add configuration entries for the WCF service and endpoints
in app.config file. If you are generating the service proxy in a class
library project(not winform or console that will output executable image),
you need to manually merge the app.config content into the actual
application’s app.config(in which you will reference the class library that
contains the WCF service proxy).