Creating a Self Hosted WCF Service

If you haven't created the WCF Service go to following link to create the Service.

CreateWCF Service in Visual Studio 2013 Step by Step

If you created the WCF Service follow the following Step to Self Host.

Step 1:- Open Visual Studio 2010

Step 2:- Go to File menu => New => Project...

Step 3:- Left Pane Templates select Visual C# => Select Console Application from Middle pane => Type SelfHost in the Name box => Click OK.

Step 4:- Right click SelfHost in Solution Explorer => Select Add Reference.... => Select System.ServiceModel from the .NET tab => Click OK.

Step 5:- Right click SelfHost in Solution Explorer => Select Add Reference.... => Select Browse tab => Give Service File path "D:\DEMO\WCF\EmployeeWcfService\EmployeeWcfService\bin" => Click OK => Select EmployeeWcfService.dll => Click OK.

Step 5:- Add the following namespace

using System.ServiceModel;

using System.ServiceModel.Description;

using EmployeeWcfService;

Step 6:- Create an instance of the Uri class with the base address for the service.

Uri baseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:52923/EmployeeService.svc");

Step 7:- Create an instance of the ServiceHost class, passing a Type that represents the service type and the base address Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to the ServiceHost(Type, Uri[]). Enable metadata publishing, and then call the Open method on the ServiceHost to initialize the service and prepare it to receive messages.

// Create the ServiceHost.

using (ServiceHost host = new ServiceHost(typeof(EmployeeService), baseAddress))

{

// Enable metadata publishing.

ServiceMetadataBehavior smb = new ServiceMetadataBehavior();

smb.HttpGetEnabled = true;

smb.MetadataExporter.PolicyVersion = PolicyVersion.Policy15;

host.Description.Behaviors.Add(smb);

// Open the ServiceHost to start listening for messages. Since

// no endpoints are explicitly configured, the runtime will create

// one endpoint per base address for each service contract implemented

// by the service.

host.Open();

Console.WriteLine("The service is ready at {0}", baseAddress);

Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to stop the service.");

Console.ReadLine();

// Close the ServiceHost.

host.Close();

}

Complete Code

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.ServiceModel;

using System.ServiceModel.Description;

using EmployeeWcfService;

namespace SelfHost

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Uri baseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:52923/EmployeeService.svc");

// Create the ServiceHost.

using (ServiceHost host = new ServiceHost(typeof(EmployeeService), baseAddress))

{

// Enable metadata publishing.

ServiceMetadataBehavior smb = new ServiceMetadataBehavior();

smb.HttpGetEnabled = true;

smb.MetadataExporter.PolicyVersion = PolicyVersion.Policy15;

host.Description.Behaviors.Add(smb);

// Open the ServiceHost to start listening for messages. Since

// no endpoints are explicitly configured, the runtime will create

// one endpoint per base address for each service contract implemented

// by the service.

host.Open();

Console.WriteLine("The service is ready at {0}", baseAddress);

Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to stop the service.");

Console.ReadLine();

// Close the ServiceHost.

host.Close();

}

}

}

}

Step 7:- Press Ctrl + F5 Or Use Visual Studio Start Debugging(F5) icon to run the service.

If you get the following error.

1. Check you have administrative rights.

2. Run Visual Studio instance as an administrator.

Step :- Right Click Visual Studio Icon => Click "Run as administrator"

Step 8:- If following screen appear, Your WCF service is running and SelfHosted Successfully => Use following URL to Consume the Service.

URL :- http://localhost:52923/EmployeeService.svc

Now your WCF Service running, to check it follow the following link to consume it.

ConsumingWCF Service in Visual Studio 2013 Step by Step

For More Info Visit microsoft.com

Hosting WCF Service inside IIS

If you haven't created the WCF Service go to following link to create the Service.

CreateWCF Service in Visual Studio 2013 Step by Step

If you create the WCF Service follow the following Step to Host WCF Service inside IIS

Note :- Step based on Windows 10 Operating System

Step 1 :- To Open the IIS Manager, Search "Run" in Search Windows => Click/Enter "Run" => "Run" Window box Open => Type "inetmgr" => Click/Enter "OK"

Or

Search "inetmgr" in Search Windows => Click/Enter "Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager"

Step 2:- Right Click Sites => Add Website...

Step 3:- Fill Details... => Click OK => WCF Website added under Sites List

Site name :- WCF

Physical path :- D:\DEMO\WCF\EmployeeWcfService\EmployeeWcfService

Port :- 52923

Step 4:- Select the WCF Website and switch to Features View to Content View

Step 5:- Select the EmployeeService.svc => Right Click EmployeeService.svc => Select Browse

Step 6:- If following screen appear, Your WCF service is running and hosted on IIS Successfully => Use following URL to Consume the Service.

URL :- http://localhost:52923/EmployeeService.svc?wsdl

Now your WCF Service running on IIS, to check it follow the following link to consume it.

ConsumingWCF Service in Visual Studio 2013 Step by Step

Consuming WCF Service in Visual Studio 2013 Step by Step

If you haven't created the WCF Service go to following link to create the Service.

Create WCF Service in Visual Studio 2013 Step by Step

Note:-

1. First few steps are used for when we want to consume the Service in the development mode.

2. If your service is hosted on IIS, SelfHost, skip the first few steps. 

Step 1:- Right Click on Project Root Folder => Click on Properties

Step 2:- Select Web Tab => Change Selection Specific Page to Current Page

Step 3:- Left click on EmployeeWcfService => Click on Save Selected Items

OR you can use Ctrl + S to save file

Step 4:- Run the Project => Click on EmployeeService.svc

Step 5:- Copy the URL http://localhost:52923/EmployeeService.svc?wsdl => Leave Browser to Running Mode

Note:-

If we stop the Browser our Local IIS Express Server also stopped. For consuming the Service we required our Service in running state.

Let's Start

Step 1:- Open Visual Studio 2013

Step 2:- Go to File => New => Project...

Step 3:- Expand Left Pane Templates => Visual C# => Select Windows Form Application from Middle pane

Step 4:- Give Name ConsumeWcfService => Click OK

Step 5:- Open Solution Explorer

Step 6:- Right Click on References => Add Service References… 

Step 7:- Add Service References Window will be open => Past the URL http://localhost:52923/EmployeeService.svc?wsdl in Address box => Click on Go Button => If service successfully run, you will see EmployeeService in Left box

Step 8:- Expand the EmployeeService

Step 9:- Give Namespace Name EmployeeWcfServiceReference => Click on OK Button

You will see EmployeeWcfServiceReference References added in your project.

Step 10:- Design the page as shown below

Label Properties
Name	Text
lblId	Id
lblName	Name
lblEmail	Email
lblAge	Age
lblGender	Gender
TextBox Properties
Name	Text
txtId
txtName
txtEmail
txtAge
txtGnder
Button Properties
Name	Text
btnSearchById	Search By Id
btnInsert	Insert
btnUpdate	Update
btnDelete	Delete
btnAll	All Employee

Step 11:- If Design is completed. Then click on each button to generate button event

Step 12:- Copy Past below code in respective button click event

private void btnSearchById_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            int id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            List<Employee> employee = employeeServiceClient.GetDataById(id).ToList();

            foreach (var emp in employee)

            {

                txtName.Text = emp.Name;

                txtEmail.Text = emp.Email;

                txtAge.Text = Convert.ToString(emp.Age);

                txtGender.Text = emp.Name;

            }

        }

        private void btnInsert_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Employee employee = new Employee();

            employee.Id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            employee.Name = txtName.Text;

            employee.Email = txtEmail.Text;

            employee.Age = Convert.ToInt32(txtAge.Text);

            employee.Gender = txtGender.Text;

            int i = employeeServiceClient.AddEmployee(employee);

            if (i > 0)

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Added");

            }

            else

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Not Added");

            }

        }

        private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Employee employee = new Employee();

            employee.Id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            employee.Name = txtName.Text;

            employee.Email = txtEmail.Text;

            employee.Age = Convert.ToInt32(txtAge.Text);

            employee.Gender = txtGender.Text;

            int i = employeeServiceClient.UpdateEmployee(employee);

            if (i > 0)

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Updated");

            }

            else

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Not Updated");

            }

        }

        private void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            int id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            int i = employeeServiceClient.DeleteEmployee(id);

            if (i > 0)

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Deleted");

            }

            else

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Not Deleted");

            }

        }

        private void btnAll_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            List<Employee> employee = employeeServiceClient.GetData().ToList();

            dataGridView1.DataSource = employee;

        }

Add following Refererence

using ConsumeWcfService.EmployeeWcfServiceReference;

Step 13:- Complete Code

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using ConsumeWcfService.EmployeeWcfServiceReference;

namespace ConsumeWcfService

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        EmployeeServiceClient employeeServiceClient = new EmployeeServiceClient();

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

        private void btnSearchById_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            int id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            List<Employee> employee = employeeServiceClient.GetDataById(id).ToList();

            foreach (var emp in employee)

            {

                txtName.Text = emp.Name;

                txtEmail.Text = emp.Email;

                txtAge.Text = Convert.ToString(emp.Age);

                txtGender.Text = emp.Name;

            }

        }

        private void btnInsert_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Employee employee = new Employee();

            employee.Id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            employee.Name = txtName.Text;

            employee.Email = txtEmail.Text;

            employee.Age = Convert.ToInt32(txtAge.Text);

            employee.Gender = txtGender.Text;

            int i = employeeServiceClient.AddEmployee(employee);

            if (i > 0)

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Added");

            }

            else

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Not Added");

            }

        }

        private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Employee employee = new Employee();

            employee.Id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            employee.Name = txtName.Text;

            employee.Email = txtEmail.Text;

            employee.Age = Convert.ToInt32(txtAge.Text);

            employee.Gender = txtGender.Text;

            int i = employeeServiceClient.UpdateEmployee(employee);

            if (i > 0)

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Updated");

            }

            else

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Not Updated");

            }

        }

        private void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            int id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);

            int i = employeeServiceClient.DeleteEmployee(id);

            if (i > 0)

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Deleted");

            }

            else

            {

                MessageBox.Show("Record Not Deleted");

            }

        }

        private void btnAll_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            List<Employee> employee = employeeServiceClient.GetData().ToList();

            dataGridView1.DataSource = employee;

        }

    }

}

We have Successfully integrated the service with Client.

Let's Test

Step 1:- Enter Employee Id 1 in Id TextBox field and Click on Search By Id button

You will get the Employee Id 1 detail

Step 2:- Enter following details in respective field and click on Insert button

Id = 0

Name = Ram

Email = ram@gmail.com

Age = 25

Gender = Male

Here we are passing Id = 0 because in database employee id column is identity and In insert case its generate auto Employee Id.

New Record added in Employee table

select * from tblEmployee

Id	Name	Email	Age	Gender
1	Sara Nan	Sara.Nani@test.com	30	Female
2	James Histo	James.Histo@test.com	33	Male
3	Mary Jane	Mary.Jane@test.com	28	Female
4	Paul Sensit	Paul.Sensit@test.com	29	Male
5	Ram	ram@gmail.com	25	Male

Step 3:- Enter Employee Id 1 in Id TextBox field and Click on Search By Id button => Change Email Id Sara.Nani@test.com to Sara.Nani@gmail.com  => click on Update button

Here you will see the email id Updated Sara.Nani@test.com to

Sara.Nani@gmail.com in the Employee table who’s Employee Id is 1.

select * from tblEmployee

Id	Name	Email	Age	Gender
1	Sara Nan	Sara.Nani@gmail.com	30	Female
2	James Histo	James.Histo@test.com	33	Male
3	Mary Jane	Mary.Jane@test.com	28	Female
4	Paul Sensit	Paul.Sensit@test.com	29	Male
5	Ram	ram@gmail.com	25	Male

Step 4:- Enter Employee Id 5 in Id TextBox field and Click on Search By Id button => click on Delete button

Here you will see the who’s Employee Id is 5 deleted from the Employee table.

select * from tblEmployee

Id	Name	Email	Age	Gender
1	Sara Nan	Sara.Nani@test.com	30	Female
2	James Histo	James.Histo@test.com	33	Male
3	Mary Jane	Mary.Jane@test.com	28	Female
4	Paul Sensit	Paul.Sensit@test.com	29	Male

Step 5:- Click on All Employee button to List all Employee