WCF Test Client says Added Service Successfully but shows nothing

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I opened C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE

I added http://localhost:44652/MyService.svc

It says added successfully but I see absolutely nothing in the test client, it looks the same as if I first opened it.

Not sure why it would do that. Here's my PC setup:

Windows 7 64 bit
VS 2012
WCF 4
I am using WebGet and WebInvoke for the REST portion but we want to also support wsdl

yep http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19485974/wcf-service-host-does-not-come-up-after-f5 — PositiveGuy, Oct 21 '13 at 17:41

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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Web endpoints (aka REST) do not expose metadata that the WCF Test Client can understand. There's a similar issue discussed here.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Nov 21 '13 at 19:24

Dan Csharpster

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 17:02

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1) Please go to your browser and go to

http://localhost:44652/MyService.svc

You should see a web page that says "There is a service here."

2) Then you can use advanced rest service client by google chrome to test your service

answered Nov 26 '13 at 17:02

Charlie Ou Yang

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 22:12

Maybe a version thing, but I got this to work in VS 2017 as follows:

Highlight the appropriate svc.cs for the REST service in Solution Explorer.
Start debugging (F5).

When WCF Test Client pops up, if you still don't see methods listed there, remove (temporarily) any REST <service> elements from web.config and then try again. Reportedly, WCF Test Client does not work with the webHttpBinding that might be present in the <service> element. Removal is not really a solution, but perhaps a good workaround for some scenarios where a quick test is needed.

WCF Test Client says Added Service Successfully but shows nothing

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