How to Consume LEADTOOLS WCF as REST Services

How to consume LEADTOOLS WCF as REST services using WebRequest and WebResponse (C#, VB.Net)

Method 1:

Start Visual Studio .NET.
Choose File->New->Project... from the menu.
In the New Project dialog box, choose either "Visual C# Projects" or "VB Projects" in the Projects Type List, and choose "Windows Application " in the Templates List.
Type the project name as "ConvertImage_Service" in the Project Name field, and then choose OK. If desired, type a new location for

your project or select a directory using the Browse button, and then choose OK.

From the Visual Studio Toolbox, create a standard button and name it to 'Method 1'.
Switch to Form1 code view (right-click Form1 in the solution explorer then select View Code) and add the following lines at the beginning

of the file:

Imports System.Net 
Imports System.Text

using System.Net; 
using System.Text;

Add the following code to the Button's Click function:

Dim baseAddress As String = "http://localhost:8080/LeadtoolsServicesHost/RasterService.svc" 
Dim request As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(HttpWebRequest.Create(baseAddress & "/Convert"),_ 
 HttpWebRequest) 
request.Method = "POST" request.ContentType = "text/xml; charset=utf-8" 
Dim reqBodyStr As String = "<ConvertRequestxmlns=""http://Leadtools.Services.Raster.ServiceContracts/2009/01""" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "><ConvertOptions xmlns:a=""http://Leadtools.Services.Raster.DataContracts/2009/01""" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & " xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance""><a:BackColor i:nil=""true""/>" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "<a:BitsPerPixel>16</a:BitsPerPixel><a:Destination i:type=""b:FileBinaryData"" xmlns:b=""" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "http://Leadtools.Services.DataContracts/2009/01""><b:FileName>c:\out.cmp</b:FileName></a:Destination>" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "<a:FirstPage>1</a:FirstPage><a:Format>CMP</a:Format><a:Height>0</a:Height><a:HorizontalAlignMode>Near" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "</a:HorizontalAlignMode><a:LastPage>-1</a:LastPage><a:QualityFactor>2</a:QualityFactor><a:ResizeFlags>" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "None</a:ResizeFlags><a:ResizeMode>Normal</a:ResizeMode><a:Source i:type=""b:FileBinaryData"" xmlns:b=""" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "http://Leadtools.Services.DataContracts/2009/01""><b:FileName> image1.jpeg </b:FileName></a:Source>" 
reqBodyStr = reqBodyStr & "<a:VerticalAlignMode>Near</a:VerticalAlignMode><a:Width>0</a:Width></ConvertOptions></ConvertRequest>" 
Dim reqBodyBytes As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(reqBodyStr) 
request.GetRequestStream().Write(reqBodyBytes, 0, reqBodyBytes.Length) 
request.GetRequestStream().Close() 
Dim response As HttpWebResponse 
Try 
   response = DirectCast(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) 
   Catch web As WebException 
   response = DirectCast(web.Response, HttpWebResponse) 
End Try

string baseAddress = "http://localhost:8080/LeadtoolsServicesHost/RasterService.svc"; 
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(baseAddress + "/Convert"); 
request.Method = "POST"; 
request.ContentType = "text/xml; charset=utf-8"; 
string reqBodyStr = "<ConvertRequest xmlns=\"http://Leadtools.Services.Raster.ServiceContracts/2009/01\">"; 
reqBodyStr += "<ConvertOptions xmlns:a=\"http://Leadtools.Services.Raster.DataContracts/2009/01\" "; 
reqBodyStr += "xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"><a:BackColor i:nil=\"true\"/>"; 
reqBodyStr += "<a:BitsPerPixel>16</a:BitsPerPixel><a:Destination i:type=\"b:FileBinaryData\" xmlns:b=\""; 
reqBodyStr += "http://Leadtools.Services.DataContracts/2009/01\"><b:FileName>c:\\out.cmp</b:FileName></a:Destination>"; 
reqBodyStr += "<a:FirstPage>1</a:FirstPage><a:Format>cmp</a:Format><a:Height>0</a:Height><a:HorizontalAlignMode>Near"; 
reqBodyStr += "</a:HorizontalAlignMode><a:LastPage>-1</a:LastPage><a:QualityFactor>2</a:QualityFactor><a:ResizeFlags>"; 
reqBodyStr += "None</a:ResizeFlags><a:ResizeMode>Normal</a:ResizeMode><a:Source i:type=\"b:FileBinaryData\" xmlns:b=\""; 
reqBodyStr += "http://Leadtools.Services.DataContracts/2009/01\"><b:FileName>c:\\image1.jpeg</b:FileName></a:Source>";  
reqBodyStr += "<a:VerticalAlignMode>Near</a:VerticalAlignMode><a:Width>0</a:Width></ConvertOptions></ConvertRequest>"; 
byte[] reqBodyBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(reqBodyStr); 
request.GetRequestStream().Write(reqBodyBytes, 0, reqBodyBytes.Length); 
request.GetRequestStream().Close(); 
HttpWebResponse response; 
try 
{ 
   response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); 
} 
catch (WebException web) 
{ 
    response = (HttpWebResponse)web.Response; 
}

Build, and Run the program to test it.

Method 2:

Continue to use the project created in Method 1 above. From the Visual Studio Toolbox, create a standard button and name it to 'Method 2'.
Switch to Form1 code view (right-click Form1 in the solution explorer then select View Code) and add the following lines at the beginning of the file:

C#

VB
```
Imports System.IO 
             
```
```
using System.IO; 
             
```

Add the following code to the 'Method 2' Button's Click function:

Dim request As HttpWebRequest = CType(HttpWebRequest.Create("http://localhost:8080/LeadtoolsServicesHost/RasterService.svc/ConvertImage? 
uri=\\MyMachine\SharedFolder\1.tif&format=jpeg"), HttpWebRequest) 
request.Method = "GET" 
Dim buffer() As Byte = New Byte((1024 * 64) - 1) {} 
Dim totalBytesRead As Integer = 0 
Dim ms As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream() 
Dim response As HttpWebResponse 
Try response = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) 
   Dim responseStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream() 
   Dim bytesRead As Integer 
   bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) 
   While (bytesRead > 0) 
      bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) 
      totalBytesRead += bytesRead ms.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead) 
      bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) 
   End While 
   File.WriteAllBytes("c:\\result.jpeg", ms.ToArray()) 
   Catch web As WebException 
   response = CType(web.Response, HttpWebResponse) 
End Try

HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("http://localhost:8080/LeadtoolsServicesHost/RasterService.svc/ConvertImage? 
uri=\\\\MyMachine\\SharedFolder\\1.tif&format=jpeg"); 
req.Method = "GET"; 
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024 * 64]; 
int totalBytesRead = 0; 
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); 
HttpWebResponse resp; 
try 
{ 
   resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse(); 
   Stream responseStream = resp.GetResponseStream(); 
   int bytesRead; 
   while ((bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0) 
   { 
      totalBytesRead += bytesRead; 
      ms.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); 
   } 
   File.WriteAllBytes("c:\\result.jpeg", ms.ToArray()); 
} 
catch (WebException web) 
{ 
   resp = (HttpWebResponse)web.Response; 
}