WCF endpoint address without .svc extension

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I have WCF service up and running but today I thought what if I remove .svc extension from realative address and access my service in this way? net.tcp://serveraddress/services/service I but as soon as I changed config files program did not start. this programs and service are developed using .NET 4.0 and WCF 4 ad service itself is hosted in IIS 7.5

it is possible to access services in this way while having them hosted in IIS?

Have you tried changing the default page for the application in IIS to point to the svc file, or are you trying to avoid that all together? — iMortalitySX, Oct 04 '12 at 19:02
I did not try changing default page but i prefer to avoid that as default page is not good solution because that every service needs to have same file name and this is not possible. — Rati_Ge, Oct 04 '12 at 19:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '12 at 19:12

This could be an issue with a handler in IIS. I also use extensionless WCF services, and I modified my web.config file to make it work. Add this to your web.config to see if it will help:

<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
  <remove name="UrlRoutingModule" />
  <add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</modules>

<handlers> 
<remove name="svc-Integrated-4.0" />
<add name="svc-Integrated-4.0" path="*" verb="*" type="System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceHttpHandlerFactory, System.ServiceModel.Activation, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
      <add 
        name="UrlRoutingHandler" 
        preCondition="integratedMode" 
        verb="*" path="UrlRouting.axd" 
        type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler, System.Web,  
          Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,  
          PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/> 
    </handlers> 
</system.webServer>

' ' is that right way tu rewrite? why shoud i remove and add handlers? — Rati_Ge, Oct 04 '12 at 19:20
I still ca not achieve desired result can someone explain how to configure that? — Rati_Ge, Oct 04 '12 at 19:48
does anyone know to to do this? my problem here is that I am using net.tcp binding. if a refer to it in http request fro browser it works but not for net.tcp — Rati_Ge, Oct 04 '12 at 21:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 10:21

I have hosted my WCF service without svc file. I am adding ServiceRoute to RouteTable in Application_Start method in Global.asax file.

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("AdminDataService", new WebServiceHostFactory(), typeof(AdminService)));
    RouteTable.Routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("AuthenticationService", new WebServiceHostFactory(), typeof(AuthenticationService)));
}

WCF endpoint address without .svc extension

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