Why I am Getting error of "End point Not found" for MultipleBaseAddressWebServiceHostFactory while hosting WCF service in sharepoint 2010 ?

Question

Hello,

I have created sample Empty sharepoint project named"DemoProject" and added WCF service under ISAPI mapped folder named"DemoService".

My Project structure is as below:

While this service has method to get current date as string named "GetCurrentDate()" method.

below is code of IDemoService Interface file

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

namespace DemoProject
{
    // NOTE: You can use the "Rename" command on the "Refactor" menu to change the interface name "IDemoService" in both code and config file together.
    [ServiceContract]
    public interface IDemoService
    {
        [OperationContract]        
        string GetCurrentDate();
    }
}

below code I have written into DemoService Class file that implements above  method.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using System.ServiceModel;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Services;
using System.ServiceModel.Activation;

namespace DemoProject
{   
    [BasicHttpBindingServiceMetadataExchangeEndpoint]
    [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)]
    public class DemoService :IDemoService
    {
        #region Methods : Public

        public string GetCurrentDate()
        {
            return DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

Below is "DemoService.svc" file content.

<%@ ServiceHost
Language="C#"
debug="true"
Factory="Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Services.MultipleBaseAddressWebServiceHostFactory,
        Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerRuntime, Version=14.0.0.0,       
        Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"
        Service="DemoProject.DemoService,$SharePoint.Project.AssemblyFullName$"
%>

After Deployment to my sharepoint site I get following error on "`/_vti_bin/DemoService.svc/mex/"

I have also added following line in <PropertyGroup> of this project

   <TokenReplacementFileExtensions>svc</TokenReplacementFileExtensions>

Can anyone please let me know Why I am getting "Endpoint not found" error ????

Please help me out for this !!!!

Thanks a ton.....

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Dipti Chhatrapati

Answer 1

Hi,

Open Your WCF service config file and check whether endpoint tag is there or not.

Just add below line of code in your config file and check

<system.serviceModel>   
    <services>
      <service behaviorConfiguration="DemoProject.DemoProjectBehavior"
        name="DemoProject.DemoService">
        <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="DemoProject.IDemoService">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost" />
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="DemoProject.DemoProjectBehavior">
          <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
          <!--<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483646"/>-->
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>

Hope it could help

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Cheers, Hemendra-MCTS "Yesterday is just a memory,Tomorrow we may never see"

Answer 2

hi Hemendra,

I added web.config and its working fine, however I am not able to get anything in "/_vti_bin/DemoService.svc/mex/".Its not displayin endpoint details.DemoService's web.config file is as below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="DemoProject.DemoProjectBehavior">
          <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
          <!--<dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483646"/>-->
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  <services>
    <service behaviorConfiguration="DemoProject.DemoProjectBehavior"   name="DemoProject.DemoService">
      <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="DemoProject.IDemoService">
        <identity>
          <dns value="localhost" />        
        </identity>
      </endpoint>
      <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
    </service>
  </services>
  
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Please let me know Why I am not getting anything at "/_vti_bin/DemoService.svc/mex/" ?

Thanks,

---

Dipti Chhatrapati

Answer 3

Since you are using A REST Service call I think you need to add the [WebGet] attribute to your IDemoService service contract.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.web.webgetattribute.aspx

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Regards Bjoern

Answer 4

Hi Bjoern,

I tried to use this attribute as per you said but it has thrown following error:

can you please let me know what I am missing !!!

Thanks,

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Dipti Chhatrapati

Answer 5

Add "using System.ServiceModel.Web;"