trying to POST json dictionary to C# WCF, when i invoke it HTTP Response 415. Someone can tell me whats wrong with my code.
object Class
[DataContract]
public class Class1
{
[DataMember]
public string AccNo;
[DataMember]
public string CompanyName;
[DataMember]
public string DocDate;
}
IService1.cs
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(Method = "POST", UriTemplate = "json/PostSalesOrderData", RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
string PostSalesOrderData(string data);
Service1.svc.cs
public string PostSalesOrderData(string data)
{
JavaScriptSerializer serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
Dictionary<string, Class1> dict = serializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, Class1>>(data);
return dict["Debtor"].AccNo.ToString();
}
Fiddle Details
HTTP/1.1 415 Cannot process the message because the content type 'application/json; charset=utf-8' was not the expected type 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'.
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:21:55 GMT
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Best Answer
The endpoint for your service is not properly configured to receive JSON input. In order for the
[WebInvoke]
attribute to be honored, your endpoint needs to have thewebHttpBinding
, and it should also have an endpoint behavior of type<webHttp/>
One easy way to ensure that it's properly configured is to use the
Factory
attribute on the .svc file. Something like the example below: