calling a simple WCF Service from jQuery

I have a very simple WCF Service called pilltrkr.svc. I'm trying to call this service from jQuery via the following code:

    var jsondata = JSON.stringify();
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        async: false,
        url: './pilltrakr.svc/DoWork/',
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        data: jsondata,
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (msg) {
            alert(msg);
        },
        error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
            //                        alert(XMLHttpRequest.status);
            //                        alert(XMLHttpRequest.responseText);
        }
    });

I am doing this locally (so using localhost). DoWork just returns a string. When I call this function I get a http://localhost:57400/pilltrakr/pilltrakr.svc/DoWork/ 404 Not Found

How do I call my WCF Service? I've tried several different variations (after researching). I was able to call this service using the code behind method (client). I'm sure this is a real easy thing to do. Please advise.

More code -

It seems like every post on Stack includes the interface and the actual class for the service, so I am also putting them here, just in case there is something I'm missing:

Interface:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Activation;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;

namespace serviceContract
{
    // NOTE: You can use the "Rename" command on the "Refactor" menu to change the interface name "Ipilltrakr" in both code and config file together.
    [ServiceContract]
    public interface Ipilltrakr
    {
        [OperationContract]
        [WebGet(ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
        string DoWork();

        [OperationContract]
        [WebGet(ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
        int addUser(string userName, string userPhone, string userEmail, string userPwd, string acctType);
    }
}

class:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
using pillboxObjects;

using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Activation;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;

namespace serviceContract
{
    // NOTE: You can use the "Rename" command on the "Refactor" menu to change th开发者_如何学Goe class name "pilltrakr" in code, svc and config file together.
    [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)]
    public class pilltrakr : Ipilltrakr
    {


        string Ipilltrakr.DoWork()
        {
            return "got here";
        }


        int Ipilltrakr.addUser(string userName, string userPhone, string userEmail, string userPwd, string acctType)
        {
            userAccount ua = new userAccount();
            int uId;

            ua.userName = userName;
            ua.userPhone = userPhone;
            ua.userEmail = userEmail;
            ua.userPwd = userPwd;
            ua.userCreateDate = DateTime.Now;
            ua.userAccountType = acctType;

            uId = ua.add();

            return uId;
        }
    }
}

web config:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
  -->
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="xxxConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=xxx;Initial Catalog=xxx;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
  </connectionStrings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>
  </system.web>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_Ipilltrakr" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
          openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
          allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
          maxBufferSize="65536" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
          messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
          useDefaultWebProxy="true">
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
            maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
          <security mode="None">
            <transport clientCredentialType="None" proxyCredentialType="None"
              realm="" />
            <message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
          </security>
        </binding>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <client>
      <endpoint address="http://localhost:57400/pilltrakr/pilltrakr.svc/pilltrakr"
        binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_Ipilltrakr"
        contract="svcPilltrakr.Ipilltrakr" name="BasicHttpBinding_Ipilltrakr" />
    </client>
    <services>
      <service name="serviceContract.pilltrakr" behaviorConfiguration="MyServiceTypeBehaviors">
        <endpoint contract="serviceContract.Ipilltrakr" binding="basicHttpBinding" address="pilltrakr" bindingNamespace="serviceContract"/>
        <endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange" binding="mexHttpBinding" address="mex"/>
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="MyServiceTypeBehaviors">
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>

    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="false" />

  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

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Probably a bit late, but I wrote a couple of blog posts a few years ago about calling WCF from jQuery. This also covers fault handling - which many articles ignore.

Part one and Part two.

HTH

Iain

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I figured out how to finally call my simple WCF service from jQuery. I found some source code after reading this link:

http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2009/Sep/15/Making-jQuery-calls-to-WCFASMX-with-a-ServiceProxy-Client. This link doesn't provide the source but it was another page that referenced this link.

Anyway, I downloaded the code and started to compare my code versus this working project that was calling a WCF Service via jQuery. What I found was that my web.config file was way too complicated so I shorted that up considerably. Then I also realized that my methods were not public. So I made them public and then after a few more tweaks (i.e. taking out the namespaces) the page started to return the simple string I was trying to return.

  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="pilltrakr" behaviorConfiguration="MyServiceTypeBehaviors">
        <endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="pilltrakrAspNetAjaxBehavior" binding="webHttpBinding" contract="Ipilltrakr"/>        
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="MyServiceTypeBehaviors">
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
      <endpointBehaviors>
        <behavior name="pilltrakrAspNetAjaxBehavior">
          <enableWebScript/>
        </behavior>
      </endpointBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"/>
  </system.serviceModel>

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what i found in google, might help you.

$(document).ready(function() {
         $("#sayHelloButton").click(function(event){
             $.ajax({
                 type: "POST",
                 url: "dummyWebsevice.svc/HelloToYou",
                 data: "{'name': '" + $('#name').val() + "'}",
                 contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                 dataType: "json",
                 success: function(msg) {
                     AjaxSucceeded(msg);
                 },
                 error: AjaxFailed
             });
         });
     });
          function AjaxSucceeded(result) {
              alert(result.d);
          }
          function AjaxFailed(result) {
              alert(result.status + ' ' + result.statusText);
          }  

[WebMethod()]
public static string sayHello()
{
    return "hello ";
}