When I enter the address of my service, I get to see the WSDL file. However, When I add a suffix to the URL, I get the error message: "endpoint not found". It's definitely due to something wrong with my service model declaration but after a few hours, I'm inclined to admit that it's beyond me.
I've made sure that the namespaces are correct as discussed here.
The first URL works. The other, don't.
http://---.azurewebsites.net/MyService.svc/
http://---.azurewebsites.net/MyService.svc/Ping
http://---.azurewebsites.net/MyService.svc/Ping/ (as suggested here)
In behaviors I've declared two behaviors - one for the end point and one for the service.
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="PingEndPointBehavior">
<webHttp/>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name ="PingServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"
httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
</behavior>
<behavior name="">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"
httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
I declared the following binding for access via URL line in the browser.
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding></webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
In services I declared two end points (I tested with only the first one, as well).
<service name="MyProject.MyService"
behaviorConfiguration="PingServiceBehavior">
<endpoint name="PingEndPoint"
behaviorConfiguration="PingEndPointBehavior"
address="Ping"
binding="webHttpBinding"
contract="MyProject.IMyService"/>
<endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange"
binding="mexHttpBinding"
address="mex" />
</service>
I also have the following in my config file. Doubtful of its significance, but one never knows.
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true"
multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>
I've resolved the issue. Apparently, the virtual path of sub-directories is cumulative, so the exposed service was there all along but at the following address.
One ping level comes from the config file while the other from the template URI in the attribute that decorates the interface for the method.