how to test wcf rest services in vs “unit test project”?

Question

I've created a new solution with WCF REST services. Now I need to unit test the services. For example, here's a REST service url:

cars/{id}

The GET method should return a car object with the id provided in the querystring. How can I configure through a VS unit test project?

Answer 1

Simple, create a self-hosted unit test, ie

[TestInitialize]
public void Before_Each_Test()
{
   var host = new ServiceHost(typeof(CarService));
   // Override with local endpoint, i.e. a TCP connection, local IP etc

   host.Open();
}

Then dont forget to shut down the host in TestCleanup, of course.