Can I pass non-string to WCF RESTful service using UriTemplate?

Question

Can I do the following?

[OperationContract] [WebGet(UriTemplate = "/foo/{id}")] string GetFoo(int id); 

I'd like my service to function as both RESTful service and RPC-style SOAP service. If possible I'd like to retain int as int, and not do parsing by hand.

Answer 1

As dthrasher mentioned, move id to the query part of the URI. This worked for me:

[OperationContract] [WebGet(UriTemplate = "/foo?id={id}")] string GetFoo(int id); 

See "URI scheme" on wikipedia for more info about the different parts of a URI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme

Answer 2

If I remember correctly, UriTemplate variables in the path always resolve to strings when using WebGet or WebInvoke. You can only bind UriTemplate variables to int, long, etc. when they are in the query portion of the UriTemplate.