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RESTful services don't use WSDLs--SOAP services do. A RESTful service relies on the existing HTTP protocol to send requests and receive responses from a server. You can basically think of it like your browser requesting a web page--sans browser.<br />
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Were you given any documention describing the API?<br />
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...and no, you cannot &quot;Add Service Reference&quot; to a RESTful service &nbsp;: )
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RESTful services don't use WSDLs--SOAP services do. A RESTful service relies on the existing HTTP protocol to send requests and receive responses from a server. You can basically think of it like your browser requesting a web page--sans browser.

Were you given any documention describing the API?



...and no, you cannot "Add Service Reference" to a RESTful service  : )

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I need to connect to a web API that has no wsdl file. &nbsp;It's a RESTful JSON service. &nbsp;So, first off, I'm guessing that I can't add it as a service reference in my project. &nbsp;Once I connect I need to be able to call various methods. &nbsp;Can someone provide me with a good example of this? &nbsp;I've looked in a few spots including <a href="http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/web-api-clients/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client" rel="ugc">http://www.asp.net/web-api<wbr />/overview/<wbr />web-api-cl<wbr />ients/call<wbr />ing-a-web-<wbr />api-from-a<wbr />-net-clien<wbr />t</a> but the example does not seem to include a call to a method.<br />
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I need to connect to a web API that has no wsdl file.  It's a RESTful JSON service.  So, first off, I'm guessing that I can't add it as a service reference in my project.  Once I connect I need to be able to call various methods.  Can someone provide me with a good example of this?  I've looked in a few spots including http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/web-api-clients/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client (http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/web-api-clients/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client) but the example does not seem to include a call to a method.

Thanks

Connect To API (without a wsdl) and Call Methods

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