Documenting and testing web services using Swagger

You can easily test a web service by making GET requests, using a browser.

Testing GET requests with any browser

Start the web service.

In Chrome, in the address bar, enter the following URL:

http://localhost:5000/api/customers

You should see a JSON document returned, containing all the 91 customers in the Northwind database, as shown in the following screenshot:

In the address bar, enter the following URL:

http://localhost:5000/api/customers/alfki

You should see a JSON document returned containing only the customer named Alfreds Futterkiste, as shown in the following screenshot:

In the address bar, enter the following URL:

http://localhost:5000/api/customers/?country=Germany...