display WCF Rest service data to gridview

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Hello,

I have one Wcf rest service which returns list<student>. But the problem is that when I consume the service, data is returned in byte[].

How can I convert it to list<student> so that I can bind it to Gridview.

Following code works fine.

C#

byte[] data = proxy.DownloadData("http://localhost:6236/Service1.svc/GetData");
       Stream stream = new MemoryStream(data);
       DataContractSerializer obj = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(string));
       string result = obj.ReadObject(stream).ToString();
       TextBox1.Text = result;

What changes do i need to do to solve my problem.

Thanks,
Dhaval

Posted 25-Nov-11 1:21am

dhavaleng

Updated 25-Nov-11 1:42am

RaisKazi

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dhavaleng 25-Nov-11 7:23am

[WebGet(UriTemplate = "/GetDataList", RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)]
List<person> GetDataList();

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RaisKazi · Answer 1 · 2011-11-25T01:31:00

Ideally your REST service should return Data in a XML/JSON format.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203052.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/cc950529

Once you get your Data from your REST service in XML format, you may use DataSet.ReadXml to populate your DataSet.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.dataset.readxml.aspx

And then bind your DataSet to your GridView.

C#

myGrid.DataSource = myDataset;
myGrid.DataBind();

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Your comments -

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[WebGet(UriTemplate = "/GetDataList", RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)] List<person> GetDataList();

In case if you return your details from your REST Service in JSON format, then refer below link for it's deserialization.

http://jgvimalan.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/converting-json-string-to-c-object-and-vice-versa/

dhavaleng · Answer 2 · 2011-11-25T01:35:00

Solution 2

can you provide me any example if you have available.

Posted 25-Nov-11 1:35am

dhavaleng

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RaisKazi 25-Nov-11 7:40am

Please do not add your comments as a Solution. You may refer links provided in my Solution.