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how to consume (or) use wcf service in web application | how to consume (or) use wcf service in asp.net | wcf tutorial with examples for beginners

Jul 5, 2011
Introduction:

Here I will explain how to use or consume WCF (windows communication foundation) service in web application using asp.net.


Description:
In previous articles explained clearly what WCF (windows communication foundation) is and how to create and consume WCF service in c#(windows application) and I also explained clearly uses of WCF Service. Now in this article I will explain how to consume WCF service in web application.

Creating simple application using WCF

Here I am going to do WCF sample to insert new userdetails and display Userdetails based on UserName for that first create table in your database like this

Column Name
Data Type
Allow Nulls
UserId
Int(Set Identity=true)
No
UserName
nvarchar(MAX)
Yes
FirstName
varchar(50)
Yes
LastName
varchar(50)
Yes
Location
varchar(50)
Yes
After that First open Visual Studio and click file ---> Select New ---> Website Under that select WCF Service and give name for WCF Service and click OK


Once you created application you will get default class files including Service.cs and IService.cs


Here IService.cs is an interface it does contain Service contracts and Data Contracts and Service.cs is a normal class inherited by IService where you can all the methods and other stuff.

Now open IService.cs add the following namespaces

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;


After that write the following code in IService.cs file

[ServiceContract]
public interface IService
{
[OperationContract]
List<UserDetails> GetUserDetails(string Username);

[OperationContract]
string InsertUserDetails(UserDetails userInfo);
}

// Use a data contract as illustrated in the sample below to add composite types to service operations.
[DataContract]
public class UserDetails
{
string username = string.Empty;
string firstname = string.Empty;
string lastname = string.Empty;
string location = string.Empty;

[DataMember]
public string UserName
{
get { return username; }
set { username = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string FirstName
{
get { return firstname; }
set { firstname = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string LastName
{
get { return lastname; }
set { lastname = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string Location
{
get { return location; }
set { location = value; }
}
}

After that open Service.cs class file and add the following namespaces

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

After that write the following code

public class Service : IService
{
private string strConnection = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["dbconnection"].ToString();
public List<UserDetails> GetUserDetails(string Username)
{
List<UserDetails> userdetails = new List<UserDetails>();
using (SqlConnection con=new SqlConnection(strConnection))
{
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from UserInformation where UserName Like '%'+@Name+'%'", con);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Name", Username);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataTable dtresult = new DataTable();
da.Fill(dtresult);
if(dtresult.Rows.Count>0)
{
for(int i=0;i<dtresult.Rows.Count;i++)
{
UserDetails userInfo = new UserDetails();
userInfo.UserName = dtresult.Rows[i]["UserName"].ToString();
userInfo.FirstName = dtresult.Rows[i]["FirstName"].ToString();
userInfo.LastName = dtresult.Rows[i]["LastName"].ToString();
userInfo.Location = dtresult.Rows[i]["Location"].ToString();
userdetails.Add(userInfo);
}
}
con.Close();
}
return userdetails;
}
public string InsertUserDetails(UserDetails userInfo)
{
string strMessage = string.Empty;
using (SqlConnection con=new SqlConnection(strConnection))
{
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("insert into UserInformation(UserName,FirstName,LastName,Location) values(@Name,@FName,@LName,@Location)", con);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Name", userInfo.UserName);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@FName", userInfo.FirstName);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@LName", userInfo.LastName);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Location", userInfo.Location);
int result= cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
if(result==1)
{
strMessage = userInfo.UserName+ " Details inserted successfully";
}
else
{
strMessage = userInfo.UserName + " Details not inserted successfully";
}
con.Close();
}
return strMessage;
}
}


Now set the database connection string in web.config file because in above I am getting the connection string from web.config file

<connectionStrings>
<add name="dbconnection" connectionString="Data Source=SureshDasari;Integrated Security=true;Initial Catalog=MySampleDB"/>
</connectionStrings>

Our WCF service ready to use with basicHttpBinding. Now we can call this WCF Service method console applications

After completion of WCF service creation publish or deploy your WCF Service in your system. If you don’t’ have idea on deploy check this post publish or deploy website

After completion of deploy webservice now we can see how to use WCF Service in our console application

Calling WCF Service using Web Application

To call WCF service we have many ways like using console app, windows app and web app in previous post I explained how to call (or) consume WCF service in console application. Now I will explain how to consume WCF service in web application.

Create new website from visual studio select New
---> Website and give some name as you like.

After Creation Website now we need to add WCF reference to our web application for that right click on your web application and select Add Service Reference

Now one wizard will open in that give your WCF service link and click Go after add your service click OK button.

After completion of adding WCF Service first open Default.aspx page and write the following code

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<style type="text/css">
.style1 {
height: 26px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<table align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center">
<b>User Registration</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
UserName:
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtUserName" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
FirstName:
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtfname" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
LastName:
</td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtlname" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="style1">
Location:
</td>
<td class="style1">
<asp:TextBox ID="txtlocation" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Submit" onclick="btnSubmit_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:Label ID="lblResult" runat="server"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<asp:GridView runat="server" ID="gvDetails" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<RowStyle BackColor="#EFF3FB" />
<FooterStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#2461BF" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="UserName" DataField="UserName" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="FirstName" DataField="FirstName" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="LastName" DataField="LastName" />
<asp:BoundField HeaderText="Location" DataField="Location" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Now open Default.aspx.cs file and add following namespaces

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using ServiceReference1;
After adding namespaces write the following code in codebehind

ServiceReference1.ServiceClient objService = new ServiceClient();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!IsPostBack)
{
BindUserDetails();
}
}
protected void BindUserDetails()
{
IList<UserDetails> objUserDetails = new List<UserDetails>();
objUserDetails = objService.GetUserDetails("");
gvDetails.DataSource = objUserDetails;
gvDetails.DataBind();
}
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
UserDetails userInfo = new UserDetails();
userInfo.UserName = txtUserName.Text;
userInfo.FirstName = txtfname.Text;
userInfo.LastName = txtlname.Text;
userInfo.Location = txtlocation.Text;
string result=  objService.InsertUserDetails(userInfo);
lblResult.Text = result;
BindUserDetails();
txtUserName.Text = string.Empty;
txtfname.Text = string.Empty;
txtlname.Text = string.Empty;
txtlocation.Text = string.Empty;
}
After completion of adding code check your endpoint connection for WCF Service reference that should be like this

<endpoint address=" http://localhost/WCFServiceSample/Service.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IService"
contract="ServiceReference1.IService" name="WSHttpBinding_IService">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
Now everything is ready run your application that output should be like this

 


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61 comments :

Anonymous said...

great example dude

Anonymous said...

great work .. keep going ....

Anonymous said...

Hi Suresh,

Nice Work.. However, i am unable to consume WCF Service in my application. Its giving me following error,

he HTTP request is unauthorized with client authentication scheme 'Negotiate'. The authentication header received from the server was 'Negotiate,NTLM'.

Can u pls tell solution on this ?

Regards,

Rohit Pundlik

Anonymous said...

Very nice indeed..... keep it up !!!!!!

Santosh said...

very nice example...after abt 1 hour googling i got this example...

http://aspdotnetcode.blogspot.com/

Vijay Negi said...

Suresh your blog seems extremly awsome,but could you please tell me when u are coming with MVC in your blog with your teaching style?

Unknown said...

Hi Suresh,

IList userdetails = new List();
userdetails = objService.GetUserDetails("as");

In that following code objService.GetUserDetails("as");
is throwing some error like "Can't implicit convert type..."

Can you give me solution please...

Unknown said...

Hi Suresh,

IList userdetails = new List();
userdetails = objService.GetUserDetails("as");

In that following code objService.GetUserDetails("as");
is throwing some error like "Can't implicit convert type..."

Can you give me solution please...

Simerdeep Singh said...

Good job bro
Simerdeep Singh from Canada

www.cosmicdatainc.com

binapani.deori said...

this is a very useful example sir.....but m beginner of mvc application..so can u pls tell me how to consume this same wcf service using an mvc applicaion..?

Pratik said...

Perfect!!!! Point to point

ramessh said...

very good example

ramessh said...

very good example

Anonymous said...

HI suresh

the code is giving error objService.GetUserDetails("as");
is throwing some error like "Can't implicit convert type..."

Anonymous said...

thank you so much your collection is really helpfull

Mohan said...

Thank u so much for kind inf..abt the WCF..its help me a lot ........

Anonymous said...

Nice work... keep up the good work

Anonymous said...

Very good example. Thank you Suresh

Help said...

Greate,Tell me UPDATE,DELETE also pls

shivm said...

hi suresh,
is apply css in window application using C#

Anonymous said...

very good example. can i know how can we consume a WCF Service in MVC 3 Application?

Anonymous said...

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sravan said...

good one very useful information...

Anonymous said...

Lovely...Thanks...

Santosh Pal said...

hi suresh sir
while doing this im getting this error
Plz help me to solve this error

The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error. For more information about the error, either turn on IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults (either from ServiceBehaviorAttribute or from the configuration behavior) on the server in order to send the exception information back to the client, or turn on tracing as per the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SDK documentation and inspect the server trace logs.

Anonymous said...

Hi,
Thanks for making us understand WCF clearly with examples
Am getting below error
plz helpme out

The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error. For more information about the error, either turn on IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults (either from ServiceBehaviorAttribute or from the configuration behavior) on the server in order to send the exception information back to the client, or turn on tracing as per the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SDK documentation and inspect the server trace logs.

Thanks
Archana

Marees said...
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Marees said...

Nice article .Will you pls explain how to make MVC 4 ?

Anonymous said...

when i type h in text box in location field i need to get all the values starting with 'h' in database as shown above..evrything is working fine except that i am not getting that

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot for wonderful example

Unknown said...

hi suresh sir

nice example
but when i am trying to insert
time out error given.

sir please tell me the solution for this.

thanks
Vinayak

Anonymous said...

thanks a lot for great example.

Unknown said...

hi suresh

thnx for the post,if you will post some REAL TIME scene with code than WCF will be more easy to understand so plz ost some real time scene on wcf

Unknown said...

thanks yaar..

Unknown said...

Your Explanation simply nice...

Anonymous said...

Hi suresh
I used the same example.i am getting this error

" The Address property on ChannelFactory.Endpoint was null. The ChannelFactory's Endpoint must have a valid Address specified."

Unknown said...

is throwing some error like "Can't implicit convert type..."

Anonymous said...

Good Explanation

Anonymous said...

hey i tried this with vs2010,but i couldnt host it in IIS, can you explain me how to deploy this WCF service in IIS. your link abo ut deploy only deals with website not WCF deployment

Anonymous said...

can you provide with details how to deploy it in IIS , i am using VS2010.I need this example in VS2010 with creation and deployment. Thanks

Anonymous said...

Sathish - Very sueful

Bhagwat Prasad Sharma said...

very great articles posted by you...

Anonymous said...

Hi

i am getting error while accessing your application as
The HTTP service located at

http://localhost/sampleuserservice/Service.svc is too busy.

can you provide me some solution

Anonymous said...

Hi Sir,

I have added Service Reference in my web app.But while debugging i got the error as Login failed for user 'sa'.

I have created database in SQL Server 2008.

Please suggest me what is going wrong?

Anonymous said...

Nice work Suresh....!!!

Anonymous said...

very good article brother,plz keep on continue this services.....thank you very much.

Nilesh Sonawane said...

Hi,
This is very nice example but I got following error

The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error. For more information about the error, either turn on IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults (either from ServiceBehaviorAttribute or from the configuration behavior) on the server in order to send the exception information back to the client, or turn on tracing as per the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SDK documentation and inspect the server trace logs.


Please Help me.


Anonymous said...

Nice bro...

Satish Tiwari said...

Thanks A lot...........................

Unknown said...

Dear suresh sir,
I am unable to publish or run in IIS ..WCF file how can i run my wcf application in IIS 7

Unknown said...

hello suresh sir.

really a very good explanation of wcf with asp. its very useful for me.... and even for every new player of wcf..

thanks a lot..

Anonymous said...

Hey santosh even i am also getting same error but not in this example if you do two thing i think definately you will able to solve that error
1-check your wcf service where you have written your code to read data from your database and make sure that you have passed connectionstring in sqlconnection
2.and if you are still not able to trace error go in your app.config file and make service behaviour tag as i am going to tell

And rmove mexBehviour then when you consume your wcf service you the error window point out that where you are making mistake and that you can easily solve

I have solved doing this hope you also able to solve......

Anonymous said...

Nice Article ... Very clear explanation

Anonymous said...

Really Its very useful to boost in career. Thanx Alot

archana said...

nice article..
But how to bind the json data through wcf rest service url to jquery line chart?
Can you please help me..

Anonymous said...

nice.can u include wpf also in this site.

SarkaR said...

You Are Doing Very Nice Job

Unknown said...

Great work. This helps me a lot. Thank you very much.

Anonymous said...

Easy To understand

muhasin said...

hai,
please update think once more to update potionalso

Muhasin n.K said...

sir please produce the output image for this link

its not showing .............

waiting for ur reply, plase show it

http://www.aspdotnet-suresh.com/2011/07/how-to-consume-or-use-wcf-service-in.html?showComment=1444300567064#c8533464468533136813

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