Discovering services

The ArcGIS Runtime SDK for WPF consumes ArcGIS for Server services using the REST API. The ArcGIS for Server REST infrastructure provides the ArcGIS Services Directory application to discover information about the services available on an ArcGIS for Server site.

Use ArcGIS Services Directory to search for available services (including secure services, with proper login) and view service details such as the following:

• The REST URL to consume the service
• Tile levels for cached map services
• Extent and supported operations
• Layer information
• Required input for locator services, such as the address format for a geocoding service
• Input and output types for tools in a geoprocessing service