REST API Testing Tools

Add one new service, UserService.cs

Only POST verb is allowed

 

Using PostMan to do the test

Using Advanced Rest Client to do the test

Web Services by Using Service Stack Web Service Framework

Install Service Stack from NuGet

All dependencies will be installed too

After installation, you will several references have been included

 

On-line document of Service Stack

http://servicestack.net, click the Documentation button

Click Create your first webservice

This page is for non MVC application, so scoll down to the link for MVC

Click the link below:

https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Run-servicestack-side-by-side-with-another-web-framework.

Copy the content of Web.config

Other steps

 

Implement in Visual Studio

Add “Api” folder and one class, “HelloService.cs”.

Code separate into 3 parties:

1. Service

2. Request

3. Response, the name is always requestName+Response

Using the service that we just created

 

Testing on Web Service

The default web site URL has error, it is no doubt

Has to add “/api” to see available web services, but it’s still fail so far

Check the error message, we forgot to new an AppHost() in Application_Start() in Global.asax

So add the code, “new ProteinTrackerAppHost().Init();” in Application_Start() function

Now it works, and showing following screen.

One operation shows, Hello. It supports different format, XML, JSON, JSV, CSV, …etc.

Click JSON, for example.

Two routes are available for this service

Using /api/hello/xxx to consume the web service

In json format

In xml format