title: How to test a WebApi service?
body: <p>I'm really new to WebApi and I've been reading information about it but I don't know how to start my application.</p>
  
  <p>I already had a project with many WFC services with .Net 3.5. So, I updated my project to 4.5.1. Then I created a controller with the Visual Studio 2012 Wizard. Then, when the controller is created, I see a class as a template with the get, post, put, delete methods. So I place my post method and finally I want to test the service with a HttpClient.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to apply the solution in green from the following forum: 
   <a href="http://forums.asp.net/t/1787686.aspx?How%20to%20post%20a%20xml%20value%20to%20web%20api%20" rel="noreferrer">How to post a xml value to web api?</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm gonna receive a XML string with the structure of a Contract model.</p>
  
  <p>I run my project into Visual Studio Development Server.</p>
  
  <p>But I have troubles with URL to test my service.</p>
  
  <p>I saw many pages where people do something like this <strong><a href="http://localhost:port/api/contract" rel="noreferrer">http://localhost:port/api/contract</a>.</strong> But I don't still know how it works. So how can I do to test my service? What is it my path or url to test my service?</p>