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Creating a Webservice

Creating a Webservice

This tutorial will show you how to create, run and test a new web service implemented with the GenHTTP framework.

Prerequisites

For this tutorial you will need

Creating the Project

The easiest way of creating a new webservice is by using a project template. If not already done, install the templates by executing the following command in your terminal:

dotnet new -i GenHTTP.Templates

After the templates have been installed, you can create a new folder for your project and use the webservice template to create the project:

mkdir MyService
cd MyService

dotnet new genhttp-webservice

After the command has been executed the content of the folder should look something like this:

        • BookService.cs
      • MyService.csproj
      • Program.cs
      • Project.cs
      • Dockerfile.linux-*
      • README.md

        • If you are using an IDE, you can open the file MyService.csproj to load your project there. The Program.cs is the main entry point of your service and is used to set up your server instance. In Project.cs our web service is actually defined and configured. The BookService.cs is an example service provided by our project.

        Running the Project

        After the project has been created, you can navigate to the service project in your terminal (cd MyService) and run the project from there:

        dotnet run

        Alternatively you can directly run the project from your IDE (F5 in Visual Studio).

        This will start the server process and make your app available on http://localhost:8080. To actually invoke a service method you can navigate to http://localhost:8080/books/ in your browser or by using any other HTTP client tool (such as curl or Postman).

        Web service results via curl

        Testing the Project

        Together with the actual service project, the template also created a test project that ensures that your service works the way it should. You can either run the tests from your IDE or by executing the following command in the MyService.Tests folder:

        dotnet test

        Implementing your Service

        You now have the basic setup to run and test your service project. To actually implement your service, you can add new service classes to the Services directory and register them in the Project.cs.

        .AddService<AnotherService>("another")

        Next Steps

        The documentation will show you the details of the web service framework as well as all other aspects that are relevant when developing an webservice application using the GenHTTP framework.

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