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Dmitrij Jazel
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Posted on 02/02/2012 11:42:51
 Hello everyone,

I have a question here, about web-services in Dynamicweb on the same server.
The service is pretty much straight-forward, it just speak to db and updates products in eCom.
(Security is considered)

The service must be accessible from the outside. And I can remember that there might be some problems with that...

Could anyone help with how should I do that properly, so I could use the service along with DW setup.

Regards,
Dmitrij

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Pavel Volgarev
Posted on 02/02/2012 11:45:26
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Hi Dmitrij,

Put the .asmx/.svc file into /Admin/Public folder (leaving the .dll file in the /bin folder). This will make your service available for everybody (even not logged in users).

-- Pavel
 
Dmitrij Jazel
Posted on 02/02/2012 11:50:51
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 Hi Pavel,

Thanks for info and quick response...
But aren't you supposed to get 404 response when you are trying to call it?
Because it is not included (registered) in DW in any way?

Dmitrij

 
Pavel Volgarev
Posted on 02/02/2012 11:57:15
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Hi Dmitrij,

Not sure I understand what you mean by "not included (registered) in DW". How do you want it to be registered?

-- Pavel 
 
Dmitrij Jazel
Posted on 02/02/2012 12:27:14
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Well when you are working with custom modules (for example), before you can access your module, you must go to modules and "register" module with its system name. By saying registered - I meant something similar in mind.
But just to keep things simple, I will try to add the service, and than come back if I have any troubles with it :)
thanks so far...

Regards,
Dmitrij
 
Imar Spaanjaars Dynamicweb Employee
Imar Spaanjaars
Posted on 02/02/2012 19:52:44
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Hi Dmitrij,

It works the other way around. Files that exist on disk are served by IIS. Only when the file does not exist does DW kick in, handle the 404 error and optionally redirect the user.

For custom modules this is different, as they are code files (*.cs or *.vb) that cannot be accessed directly. You need to register the module in order for Dynamicweb to be aware of it.

Hope this helps,

Imar
 
Dmitrij Jazel
Posted on 02/02/2012 20:58:51
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 Hi Imar,

Thanks alot for explanation! :)

Regards,
Dmitrij
 
Dmitrij Jazel
Posted on 06/02/2012 09:26:35
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 Hello again,

But what about live solution (hosted at HostNordic) I have access to Application and Files folders, but Admin folder is out of my reach.
I can contact HostNordic and ask them for help, but I am not sure if that is the way to go.
 
Morten Snedker
Posted on 06/02/2012 09:56:16
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 Hi Dmitrij,

 

There is nothing for you to do in the Admin section of the file structure..

 

If a custom module has ASPX files, place these in a subfolder to the Application folder to make them accessible. Any code-behind will be DLL's that you drop in the bin-folder.

Clear or confused?

Regards
Morten Snedker

 
Dmitrij Jazel
Posted on 06/02/2012 10:24:42
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Hello Morten,
The question is not regarding ASPX files, the question is regarding Web-Services and SVC file.
As Pavel wrote:
"Put the .asmx/.svc file into /Admin/Public folder (leaving the .dll file in the /bin folder). This will make your service available for everybody (even not logged in users)."
In the way that I am trying to setup a web-service on DW solution (live solution). And I want outside to be able to call it eventually (make a service-reference to it and send data basically).

Regards,
Dmitrij
 
Imar Spaanjaars Dynamicweb Employee
Imar Spaanjaars
Posted on 06/02/2012 10:29:00
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It's the same thing; you can drop asmx, aspx, svc files, whatever in the application folder and it'll work. Try this:

1. In Visual Studio, create a new Web Application
2. Add a service file (.svc, or asmx)
3. Add code to the service.
4. Compile
5. Drop the resulting assembly (from the new site's bin folder) into your website's bin folder (/Application/Bin)
6. Drop the ASMX or SVC file in/Application
7. Request www.yourdomain.com/YourService.asmx or YourService.svc

This should execute the code in the asmx or svc file and return whatever it's setup to return.

Hope this helps,

Imar
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Dmitrij Jazel
Posted on 06/02/2012 11:11:03
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Hi Imar,
Thanks again,

Well it works fine now. I decided to use use .ASMX service instead of SVC and it worked.
For some reason I couldn't get web-reference to SVC.
But ASMX works great :-)

Regards,
Dmitrij

 

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