html 访问wcf,return html from wcf service

I know this is an old post, but for a service that will only be hosted in IIS, here is an easy way to return html:

[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)]

public Stream getHtml()

{

// get the html

var html = DoSomethingToGetHtml(); //Not a built-in .Net method ;)

// we want our result interpreted as plain html

WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "text/html; charset=utf-8";

// create a stream from our html because trying to return a string adds an extra header tag

// to the response. Returning a stream returns the html by itself

var result = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(html));

// return the result

return result;

}

This code requires the following in the web.config hosting the service:

...

In the configuration for the service, set behaviorConfiguration="webHttpEnabled".

Returning html in this way limits the reusability of the service a bit, but it's an easy way to solve the problem if you're reasonably sure the service will always be hosted in IIS.