This article explains how to start using the Therefore™ Web API in C#, or other .NET projects using Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2013. If you are using a different IDE and/or programming language, please consult your IDE and/or language documentation specialist about adding references to the libraries (DLLs).
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SDK Samples: You can find samples with service reference in the Web API SDK Samples in Advanced folder in the ThereforeSDKSamples solution.
Take a look at SharedServiceReference project first and please update service reference before running sample projects.
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Open Microsoft Visual Studio. Open your project or create a new one.
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In the Solution Explorer right-click on YourSolution/YourProject/References.
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Select "Add Service Reference..." from the context menu.
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In the Add Service Reference dialog, enter the service metadata endpoint URL in Address line and press Go button.
Select a service from the list and specify Namespace.
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The service metadata endpoint should be enabled (See: Settings dialog in Solution Designer -> Advanced -> XML Web Services -> API - Publish WSDL).
Url format to get the metadata for Web API version 1:
http(s)//<server_address>:<port_number>/theservice/v0001?singlewsdl or http(s)://..../v0001/mexhttp
server_address - network address of the server with running XML Web Service.
port_number - See Settings dialog in Solution Designer -> XML Web Services -> Port field.
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When the Web API server starts (it runs as part of Thereforeâ„¢ XML Web Service) listed endpoints URLs are written in Windows Application Logs and can be found there.
Log record example:
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Set Advanced options if needed (button "Advanced..." - please consult your IDE documentation specialist about details).
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Click OK to close the dialog. Proxy will be generated and display your project's "Service References" directory.
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