Inserting and Fetching Data Using WCF REST Service and Jquery in ASP.NET MVC 2



Description: In this article I will describe how to insert and fetch data by WCF REST Service using the Jquery Post and Get methods.

Content:

Step 1:

Here in this application I will insert a Username and his corresponding phone number into a list using the Jquery Post method and retrieve the phone number by giving the Username using the Get Method.

First Open VS 2010. After that File -> New -> Project -> Select ASP.Net MVC2 Web Application Template. Give it the name "JQueryWcf" like in Figure 1:

WCF1.gif

Figure 1

Step 2:

After that check "No don't create a unit test project".

Step 3:

Create a new WCF REST service.

Right Click Solution -> Add -> New Item -> Select "AJAX-enabled WCF Service" -> Give it the name "User".

WCF2.gif

Figure 2

Step 4:

Now in the service write the setuser method under the Web Invoke Method.

[OperationContract]
        [WebInvoke(
            BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.WrappedRequest,
            RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
            ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
        public void SetUser(string usertype, string phNo)
        {
            lstUsers.Add(new User() { Name = usertype, PhNo = phNo });
        }


Here in this method we are adding the user type and phone number in to the List name lstUsers.

Now we have to define the lstUsers also.

public static List<User> lstUsers = new List<User>()
            {
                new User() { Name="shir", PhNo="9945529260"},
                new User() { Name="dash", PhNo="9852639852"},
                new User() { Name="santosh", PhNo="25689999"},
            };

See in this list I hardcoded some data. So while running the application by giving this user Name you can see the Phone Number.

The whole WCF part code is:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Activation;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Text;

namespace jquerywcf
{
    [ServiceContract(Namespace = "")]
    [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed)]
    public class USer
    {
        // To use HTTP GET, add [WebGet] attribute. (Default ResponseFormat is WebMessageFormat.Json)
        // To create an operation that returns XML,
        //     add [WebGet(ResponseFormat=WebMessageFormat.Xml)],
        //     and include the following line in the operation body:
        //         WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "text/xml";
        [OperationContract]
        public void DoWork()
        {
            // Add your operation implementation here
            return;
        }
        public static List<User> lstUsers = new List<User>()
            {
                new User() { Name="shir", PhNo="9945529260"},
                new User() { Name="dash", PhNo="9852639852"},
                new User() { Name="santosh", PhNo="25689999"},
            };

        // We have two service methods - SetUser and GetUser, which sets and gets
       
// user from fake repository.

        [OperationContract]
        [WebInvoke(
            BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.WrappedRequest,
            RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,
            ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
        public void SetUser(string usertype, string phNo)
        {
            lstUsers.Add(new User() { Name = usertype, PhNo = phNo });
        }

        [OperationContract]
        [WebGet(
            ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
        public User GetUser(string name)
        {
            User op = lstUsers.Where(p => p.Name == name).FirstOrDefault();
            return op;
        }

        // Add more operations here and mark them with [OperationContract]
    }
    [DataContract]
    public class User
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Name { get; set; }
 
        [DataMember]
        public string PhNo { get; set; }
    }
 
}


Step 4:

Now we have to create the JavaScript function for saving and retrieving the data.

For that right-click the Scripts folder, then select Add -> New Item -> Select JScript File -> Give it the name "UserServiceCalls.js".

WCF3.gif

Fig 3:

Step 5:

Paste the code shown below under the JavaScript file.

$(document).ready(function () {
    $(".btnSubmit").click(function () {
        $.ajax({
            cache: false,
            async: true,
            type: "POST",
            dataType: "json",
            url: "../User.svc/SetUser",
            data: '{ "usertype": "' + $("#txtuserName").val() + '", "email" : "' + $("#txtuserEmail").val() + '" }',
            contentType: "application/json;charset=utf-8",
            success: function (r) { alert("Successfully Registered!!!"); },
            error: function (e) { alert(e.statusText); }
        });
    });
    $(".btnRetrieve").click(function () {
        $.ajax({
            cache: false,
            async: true,
            type: "GET",
            dataType: "json",
            url: "../User.svc/GetUser",
            data: { name: $("#find").val() },
            contentType: "application/json;charset=utf-8",
            success: function (r) { if (r != null) $("#DisplayResult").html(r.Email); },
            error: function (e) { alert(e.statusText); }
        });
    });
});


Step 6:

Now go to the "site.master" under the "Shared" folder. After that paste the 3 codes shown below under the header part for referring to the js script file under the source part.

<script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="../../Scripts/UserServiceCalls.js" type="text/javascript"></script
>

Step 7:

Now go to the "Index.aspx" under the Home Folder. After that paste the code shown below:

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
    Home Page
</asp:Content>

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
    <h2><%: ViewData["Message"] %></h2>
    <p
>

    </p>
    <strong>Enter Registration Details</strong
>

        <p> 
 
            Enter User Name -
 
                <input
                    type="text"
                    id="txtuserName" /><br />
 
            Enter Phone NUmber -
 
                <input
                    type="text"
                    id="txtuserEmail" /><br />
 
        </p>
            <a
                href="#"
                class="btnSubmit">
                Post
            </a>
 
            <br /><br />
 
        <strong>Enter User Name to Retrieve</strong>
 
        <p>
 
            Enter User Name:- -

                <input
                    type="text"
                    id="find" />
        </p>
            <a
                href="#"
                class="btnRetrieve">
               Get
            </a
>

        <div
            id="DisplayResult">
        </div
>

</asp:Content>

Step 8:

Now run the application. It will look like the figure shown below:

WCF4.gif

Conclusion: So in this article we have seen how to insert and fetch data using WCF REST and a js file using the get and post method.

 


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