How to consume Webservice in MVC Model

Question

I have very simple MVC model in which i have two very simple Model classes Person and Company.

I have to cousume a Webservice to get Data about person and Company.

Can you please post some example linke where webservice is consumed to GET or/and POST.

Here is my controller index method.

public ActionResult Index(string id)
{
Webservice webservice = new Webservice();
}

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(string id)
{
Webservice webservice = new Webservice();
}

I dont know whether to write above code in Get or Post.

Answer 1

Personally i use it in the Model. For instance i have an OData service and i call it within my model:

public class Person
{
    public string Name {get;set;}
    public Person(int Id)
    {
        var oDataService = new ODataService(new Uri("YourURL"));
        Name = oDataService.Persons.Where(x=>x.Id == Id).Select(x=>x.Name);
    }
}

Then in the controller:

public ActionResult Index(int Id)
{
    return View(new Person(Id));
}

Answer 2

Model is your data. Controller will manage it. That means you should write the logic to load data in controller and convert it to your models' objects.