Category: Services / Web Services / Internet

OData Connected Service in Visual Studio 2017

Here we will use the OData Connected Service to connect to an OData feed from Visual Studio 2017. First, install the extension. Select Tools->Extensions and Updates: Select Online and search for OData Connected Service: Restart Visual Studio to complete the install. Create a new Visual Studio console app: Right Click and select Add->Connected Service: Select OData Connected Service: We will connect to:  https://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/. The service looks like: Enter the service … Continue reading OData Connected Service in Visual Studio 2017

OData Client Code Generator

The OData v4 Client Code Generator is an extension that can be used to generate OData code for use in applications. To install it, open Visual Studio 2015 and under Visual Studio Gallery, search for OData Client Code Generator: Click to Install: The extension is now installed: To use the extension, we will create a new Windows Console project: Add a new item and under Code select OData Client: Files … Continue reading OData Client Code Generator

Create a WCF Windows Service

Here we will create a WCF web service hosted as a windows service. We will go through step by step how to do this. First, create a new WCF Service Application: This will create the project: If we select the Service1.svc page and press F5 to run this, it will open the WCF Test Client. From here, we can select the GetData() method and enter a value. Invoking the method will … Continue reading Create a WCF Windows Service

How to Create a Web API using ASP.NET

ASP.NET Web API allows us to build HTTP services. It can be used with ASP.NET MVC, Web Forms, WCF HttpBinding. The framework is built on ASP.NET. We will go through an example of building a Web API with MVC using Entity Framework. To create a new project, open Visual Studio and create a new ASP.NET Web Application: Now select the type of project. Here we will select Web API: The … Continue reading How to Create a Web API using ASP.NET

Dynamics CRM Web API Sample

You can connect to Dynamics CRM from outside the application using OAuth 2.0 authentication. From there, you can use the Web API to call Dynamics CRM functionality. Here we will go through an example of how to do this. This is based on the sample code located here. Firstly, we will need to configure an application in Azure to help with the OAuth piece. Configure the app using these instructions. These samples … Continue reading Dynamics CRM Web API Sample

Register an App with Windows Azure

The following steps show how to register an application with Microsoft Azure. This app can then be used for OAuth 2.0 authentication outside of Dynamics CRM. Log into portal.azure.com as your Dynamics CRM administrator. Select Azure Active Directory from the menu on the left: Select App Registrations: Select Add: Enter the name of the app, e.g. Test Basic App. Select the application type as Native: Click Create to create the app. … Continue reading Register an App with Windows Azure

Fiddler Install

Fiddler is a web debugging proxy tool written by Eric Lawrence and owned by Telerik. To download it, go to: https://www.telerik.com/fiddler and select Free Download: Click Download: This will download: Click I Agree: Click Install: Click Close: You will see: Run Fiddler: Fiddler will load: You have the option to capture and not capture traffic: You will notice in your Internet Explorer options, a Proxy will be enabled. This will start and stop … Continue reading Fiddler Install

Dynamics CRM Integration Options

There are many different ways you can integrate with Dynamics CRM. Here I will go through some of the available options. Web API The Web API is a RESTful web service. It uses JSON for requests and responses. You can use Web API with JavaScript. This works both online and on premise. This is useful for connecting Power BI to Dynamics CRM. https://yourinstance.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v8.1/ E.g. https://yourinstance.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v8.1/accounts/ OData The OData endpoint is deprecated with the release of … Continue reading Dynamics CRM Integration Options

WCF Data Contracts and Data Members

WCF Data Contracts define the contract between client and server over what will be exchanged. Here we will go through creating a WCF service and consuming it, noting the data contracts. First, create a new WCF project: In this example we will have a data contract for a Customer class. Add code: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.ServiceModel; using System.ServiceModel.Web; using System.Text; namespace Carl.WCFCRM { [ServiceContract] … Continue reading WCF Data Contracts and Data Members