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Asked: 2026-05-15T13:33:00+00:00

OK, this is impossible, but I will try to explain the situation here. Let’s

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OK, this is impossible, but I will try to explain the situation here.

Let’s say we have cases, that we need a fast setup of a web server in order to have a simple soap web service running (querying a db and so on).

In VS though, upon debugging a web project, it creates a quick ASP.NET development server without relying on the actuall IIS that might be installed on the PC.

Is there any project that does something like that?
This would be ideal for small projects, where a simple executable would get a server ready to go and would allow web services to be executed right away.

I have looked at some stuff over the net like http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163879.aspx and http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2004/05/24/4479.aspx but they seem to be quite outdated and i am not sure how well they work (havent tested them thoroughly)

EDIT: I have build an application like the one you suggest. However, how can i implement HTTP GET/POST requests to the service using this method? I tried using WebGet after my operationcontract but it didnt work. For example, my service is at http://localhost:8080/Service and i would like to use it such as http://localhost:8080/Service/getMethod?x=2.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Alright,

    i’ve done it so im posting it here to help anyone who has issues with similar problems.
    Create your WCF Service file as usual and then by using ServiceHost (or WebServiceHost) you can easily create a WCF service.
    In order to use GET http requests to make it simple to communicate with mobile devices (such as iphone) you can use WebGet above your service methods and make sure you manually add a service endpoint using WebHttpBinding for WebServiceHost or WebHttpBinding with an WebHttpBehavior for ServiceHost.
    Then you can call your service methods such as http://localhost:port/webhttpendpointaddress/mymethod?x=2.

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