Testing the Outbound Web Service Communication using Visual Studio

To test the Outbound web service project using Visual Studio, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure the Outbound web service project. The configuration file name takes the following format:

    <Namespace>config.json

  2. Press F5 and by default, the Outbound Web Service API project takes IISExpress as reverse proxy.

  3. To start the application from Kestrel web server, perform the following steps:

    1. On the Visual Studio toolbar, from the IISExpress list, select the project name (for example, OutBoundService).

    2. From the project name list, select Web Browser (Internet Explorer), and then click either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

      Note: By default, the web browser is set to Internet Explorer.

    3. From Debug, click Start Debugging.

      The Swagger Test Client page appears.

    4. On the Swagger Test Client page, from the Parameter content type and Response content type lists, select text/json. The operationid parameter is optional.

    5. Click the Try it out option to perform the operations.

    6. When you complete testing, on the Visual Studio toolbar, from Debug, click Stop Debugging.