Unchase OData Connected Service is a Visual Studio extension to generate C# client code for OData web service.

Starting from Visual Studio Community 2019 v16.1.3 extensions based on Microsoft Connected Services now work fine.

The project is developed and maintained by Nikolay Chebotov (Unchase).

Getting Started

Install from Tools -> Extensions and Updates menu inside Visual Studio (including 2019) or download as VSIX package from VSGallery or download as VSIX package from Visual Studio Marketplace:

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Features

• Generate C# clients/proxies (client code) from OData specifications for OData protocol versions 1.0-4.0
• Generate VisualBasic clients/proxies (client code) from OData specifications for OData protocol versions 1.0-3.0
• Generate C# proxy-class extension methods for OData protocol versions 1.0-3.0
• Generate functions to call service methods from OData protocol versions 1.0-3.0 FunctionImports
• Add required dependencies for the C# client (before generating):
  • Libraries for OData v3 Client:
    1. Microsoft.Data.Services.Client (NuGet)
    2. Microsoft.Data.OData (NuGet)
    3. Microsoft.Data.Edm (NuGet)
    4. System.Spatial (NuGet)
    5. In additional: System.ValueTuple (NuGet)
  • Libraries for OData v4 Client:
    1. Microsoft.OData.Client (NuGet)
    2. Microsoft.OData.Core (NuGet)
    3. Microsoft.OData.Edm (NuGet)
    4. Microsoft.Spatial (NuGet)
• Storage of the last 10 endpoints (json-specification path)

VisualBasic is supported since v0.5.0!

HowTos

• Add HowTos in a future
• ... request for HowTo you need

Troubleshooting

Installation completes but I can't see the Service in the list of connected services (Visual Studio 2019)

• Relevant bug report. Connected Services restored in the v16.1.3 update to Visual Studio 2019.

Roadmap

See the changelog for the further development plans and version history.

Feedback

Please feel free to add your review, request a feature, ask a question or report a bug including in connected service:

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Copyright © 2019 Nikolay Chebotov (Unchase) - Provided under the Apache License 2.0.