The command line tool for RESTier
- MSBuild that supports C# 6.0, e.g., the one that comes with Visual Studio 2015.
- An Entity Framework supported database.
Open the RESTier.CLI.sln and build the project.
There is a sample database AdventureWorksLT2012_Data.mdf located at /samples. Now, we build a OData service for it using RESTier-CLI.
- Execute
RESTier -c "Server=(LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB;AttachDbFilename=AdventureWorksLT2012_Data.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Trusted_Connection=True;" -db sqlserver new
This will reverse-engineer the database and create a default RESTier Visual Studio project named AdventureWorksLT2012_Data for it in the current directory.
2. Execute
RESTier.exe build -p AdventureWorksLT2012_Data/AdventureWorksLT2012_Data.sln
This builds the created RESTier project and produces the OData service.
3. Execute
RESTier.exe run -p AdventureWorksLT2012_Data/AdventureWorksLT2012_Data.sln
This puts the created OData service into action at the default port which is 3447. Now, you can access the service from a browser with the service root URL http://localhost:3447. What you will get is a service document for the database 😄