Calling a asmx web service using a get request

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I am a complete novice in .NET ASMX web services. Please dont mind if this seems like a silly question.

I created a simple ASMX web service which looks like this below:

<br />
    [WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]<br />
    [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]<br />
    [System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]<br />
    // To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line. <br />
    [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]<br />
    public class WebService : System.Web.Services.WebService<br />
    {<br />
<br />
        [WebMethod]<br />
        public List<Faculty> BindFaculties()<br />
        {<br />
            List<Faculty> facultyList = new List<Faculty>();<br />
            FacultyBL facultyBL = new FacultyBL();<br />
<br />
            try<br />
            {<br />
                return facultyBL.getAllFaculties();<br />
            }<br />
            catch (Exception ex)<br />
            {<br />
<br />
            }<br />
            finally<br />
            {<br />
                facultyBL = null;<br />
            }<br />
<br />
<br />
            return facultyList;<br />
        }<br />
    }<br />
<br />

I can call this webservice from jQuery using AJAX, but I have to use POST. If I use GET, I get this error

An attempt was made to call the method BindFaculties using a GET request, which is not allowed.

If I copy paste the url of the web service in my browser, I get this error

Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in '/BindFaculties'.

How come the asmx web method accepts post? I have written nothing to limit GET.

I want to use GET because I eventually want to create a RESTful API. How to do this?

Posted 9-Aug-14 6:48am

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Sreejesh T J Nair · Answer 1 · 2014-08-09T20:57:00

make your web.config of web service something like this.

XML

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <webServices>
      <protocols>
        <add name="HttpGet"/>
        <add name="HttpPost"/>
      </protocols>
    </webServices>
  </system.web>
 </configuration>

and add this before webmethod starts
so the methos should be like

XML

[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(UseHttpGet = true, ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public List<Faculty> BindFaculties()
{