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Reviewing the Web Service’s Functionality

Learn about testing a web service’s functionality by configuring launch settings, navigating to different endpoints, and verifying responses.

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Test the web service

Now, we will test the web service’s functionality:

Step 1: In the Properties folder, open the launchSettings.json file, and note that by default, if we are using Visual Studio 2022, it will launch the browser and navigate to the /swagger relative URL path, as shown in the following markup:

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"profiles": {
  "http": {
    "commandName": "Project",
    "dotnetRunMessages": true,
    "launchBrowser": true,
    "launchUrl": "swagger",
    "applicationUrl": "http://0.0.0.0:5000",
    "environmentVariables": {
      "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
    }
  },
  "https": {
    "commandName": "Project",
    "dotnetRunMessages": true,
    "launchBrowser": true,
    "launchUrl": "swagger",
    "applicationUrl": "https://0.0.0.0:5001;http://0.0.0.0:5000",
    "environmentVariables": {
      "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
    }
  },
}

Step 2: Modify the profiles named http and https to set launchBrowser to false.

Step 3: For the profiles named http and https for the applicationUrl, change the random port number for HTTPS to ...