really adding WCF to sharepoint existing project

story is like this: we have a Sharepoint (10) solution, with already 12 (yep...) projects and we need a new service so... why another project? Sharepoint is a platform.

there are many sites explaining what and how to do it but i found them all being either too long, making it somehow too complex(msdn), or no accurate so i'll add mine.

my no.1 source: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/anavijai/how-to-create-and-host-wcf-service-inside-sharepoint-2010/.

in the end its so simple: add a Sharepoint Mapped to ISAPI folder, inside create a new folder of your own service, and now you need inside there 4 files:
1. YourService.cs
2. IYourService.cs
3. YourService.svc
3. web.config (which is the main reason you want your own folder).

the inner content of the cs files copy from the url above, about the svc here is a simpler version:
<%@ServiceHost Language="C#" Debug="true" CodeBehind="fileOfClass.cs"    Service="yourNameSpace.yourClass, $SharePoint.Project.AssemblyFullName$"%>

and about the web.config i saw some mistakes so here is mine
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <!-- dont forget to remove this after dev is finish -->
    <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"/>
  </system.web>
 
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service behaviorConfiguration="yourNameSpace.ServiceBehavior" name="yourNameSpace.yourClass">
        <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="yourNameSpace.yourInterface(like IService)">
          <identity>
            <!-- not sure yet if it will work in prod or not, after all its inner to the project, hope to update-->
            <dns value="localhost"/>
          </identity>
        </endpoint>

        <!-- this endpoint is to see service in browser, its removalbe -->
        <endpoint address="max" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
       
        <host>
          <baseAddresses>
            <add baseAddress="http://yourServer:port(no need if its 80)/whatever you want/"/>
          </baseAddresses>
        </host>
      </service>
    </services>

    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="yourNameSpace.ServiceBehavior">
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <!-- should be false in prod -->
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>

  </system.serviceModel>

  <!-- just in case -->
  <appSettings>
    <add key="someKey" value="someValue" />
  </appSettings>
 
</configuration>

now you probably read this because you want a service for your site, so here is how you open a web and log since your current web is your service, and also you shouldnt have permissions (btw when you run it start with a method bool that just return true to be sure that it works):
public string ExploreSite()
{
    try
    {
       string result = string.Empty;
       SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(() =>
       {
           string siteUrl = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["siteUrl"];
           using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteUrl))
           {
               using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
               {
                   result = web.Name;
               }
           }
           });
           return result;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
          string m = ex.Message;
          SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(() =>
          {
              if (EventLog.SourceExists("yourSource") == false)
              EventLog.CreateEventSource(new EventSourceCreationData("yourSource", "create"));
              while (ex.InnerException != null)
              {
                  ex = ex.InnerException;
                  m += Environment.NewLine + ex.Message;
              }
              EventLog.WriteEntry("yourSource", ex.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error);
          });
          return m;
    }
}

note:
1. to refresh the code for a client you need to rebuild and recycle the pool. for debugging the same but it seems to fail sometimes if not called before by a client (no the browser).
2. in this case you dont need to worry about problems caused by a service being in .Net 4 vs the SP10 which is 3.5, and also you dont need to work hard for your web.config as usual for WCF in 3.5 since its all inside your already existing site.

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