REST WCF

if your have the following function in WCF. You will need the following input.

[WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "testFunction", Method = "POST",

ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Wrapped,

RequestFormat =
WebMessageFormat.Json)]

public string testFunction(string test)
{

Expected Header
User-Agent: Fiddler
Host: localhost:5810
Content-Length: 15
Content-Type: application/json

INPUT:
{"test":"1234"}

OUTPUT:
{"testFunctionResult":"hi, 3\/29\/2011 10:46:56 PM 1234"}

You can make use of fiddler to send http post request. This illustrated the WCF REST function with JSON input and output.

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Example



HTTP POST Restful

NSDictionary *data = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
username, USERNAMEKEY,
password, PASSWORDKEY,
nil];
SBJsonWriter *json = [SBJsonWriter alloc];
NSString *jsonString = [json stringWithObject:data];
NSLog(jsonString);


[data release];
[json release];

//create/send http post request
NSData *postData = [jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init];
[request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://abc.appspot.com/api/login/"]];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

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