Composable WCF Web API using Async

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[<ServiceContract>]
type EmptyService() =
  [<OperationContract>]
  member x.Invoke() = ()

type private FrankChannel(innerChannel) =
  inherit DelegatingChannel(innerChannel)

let private webApi app = fun inner ->
  { new FrankChannel(inner) with
      override this.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken) =
        Async.StartAsTask(app request, cancellationToken = cancellationToken) } :> HttpMessageChannel

let frank app =
  HttpHostConfiguration.Create()
    .AddMessageHandlers(typeof<LiteChannel>)
    .SetMessageHandlerFactory(webApi app)

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[<EntryPoint>]
let main args =
  let app request = async {
    return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK, "OK", Content = new ObjectContent<string>("Hello, world!\n")) }

  let baseUri = Uri "http://localhost:1000/"
  let host = new HttpConfigurableServiceHost<EmptyService>(frank app, [| baseUri |])
  host.Open()

  printfn "Host open.  Hit enter to exit..."
  printfn "Use a web browser and go to %Aroot or do it right and get fiddler!" baseUri
  System.Console.Read() |> ignore

  host.Close()
  0

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type EmptyService =
  new : unit -> EmptyService
  member Invoke : unit -> unit

Full name: Frank.Hosting.Wcf.EmptyService

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new : unit -> EmptyService

val x : EmptyService

member EmptyService.Invoke : unit -> unit

Full name: Frank.Hosting.Wcf.EmptyService.Invoke

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type private FrankChannel =
  inherit obj
  new : innerChannel:'c -> FrankChannel

Full name: Frank.Hosting.Wcf.FrankChannel

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private new : innerChannel:'c -> FrankChannel

val innerChannel : 'c

val private webApi : app:('a -> Async<'b>) -> inner:'c -> 'd

Full name: Frank.Hosting.Wcf.webApi

val app : ('a -> Async<'b>)

val inner : 'c

val this : FrankChannel

val request : 'a

val cancellationToken : Threading.CancellationToken

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type Async
static member AsBeginEnd : computation:('Arg -> Async<'T>) -> ('Arg * AsyncCallback * obj -> IAsyncResult) * (IAsyncResult -> 'T) * (IAsyncResult -> unit)
static member AwaitEvent : event:IEvent<'Del,'T> * ?cancelAction:(unit -> unit) -> Async<'T> (requires delegate and 'Del :> Delegate)
static member AwaitIAsyncResult : iar:IAsyncResult * ?millisecondsTimeout:int -> Async<bool>
static member AwaitTask : task:Task<'T> -> Async<'T>
static member AwaitWaitHandle : waitHandle:WaitHandle * ?millisecondsTimeout:int -> Async<bool>
static member CancelDefaultToken : unit -> unit
static member Catch : computation:Async<'T> -> Async<Choice<'T,exn>>
static member FromBeginEnd : beginAction:(AsyncCallback * obj -> IAsyncResult) * endAction:(IAsyncResult -> 'T) * ?cancelAction:(unit -> unit) -> Async<'T>
static member FromBeginEnd : arg:'Arg1 * beginAction:('Arg1 * AsyncCallback * obj -> IAsyncResult) * endAction:(IAsyncResult -> 'T) * ?cancelAction:(unit -> unit) -> Async<'T>
static member FromBeginEnd : arg1:'Arg1 * arg2:'Arg2 * beginAction:('Arg1 * 'Arg2 * AsyncCallback * obj -> IAsyncResult) * endAction:(IAsyncResult -> 'T) * ?cancelAction:(unit -> unit) -> Async<'T>
static member FromBeginEnd : arg1:'Arg1 * arg2:'Arg2 * arg3:'Arg3 * beginAction:('Arg1 * 'Arg2 * 'Arg3 * AsyncCallback * obj -> IAsyncResult) * endAction:(IAsyncResult -> 'T) * ?cancelAction:(unit -> unit) -> Async<'T>
static member FromContinuations : callback:(('T -> unit) * (exn -> unit) * (OperationCanceledException -> unit) -> unit) -> Async<'T>
static member Ignore : computation:Async<'T> -> Async<unit>
static member OnCancel : interruption:(unit -> unit) -> Async<IDisposable>
static member Parallel : computations:seq<Async<'T>> -> Async<'T []>
static member RunSynchronously : computation:Async<'T> * ?timeout:int * ?cancellationToken:CancellationToken -> 'T
static member Sleep : millisecondsDueTime:int -> Async<unit>
static member Start : computation:Async<unit> * ?cancellationToken:CancellationToken -> unit
static member StartAsTask : computation:Async<'T> * ?taskCreationOptions:TaskCreationOptions * ?cancellationToken:CancellationToken -> Task<'T>
static member StartChild : computation:Async<'T> * ?millisecondsTimeout:int -> Async<Async<'T>>
static member StartChildAsTask : computation:Async<'T> * ?taskCreationOptions:TaskCreationOptions -> Async<Task<'T>>
static member StartImmediate : computation:Async<unit> * ?cancellationToken:CancellationToken -> unit
static member StartWithContinuations : computation:Async<'T> * continuation:('T -> unit) * exceptionContinuation:(exn -> unit) * cancellationContinuation:(OperationCanceledException -> unit) * ?cancellationToken:CancellationToken -> unit
static member SwitchToContext : syncContext:SynchronizationContext -> Async<unit>
static member SwitchToNewThread : unit -> Async<unit>
static member SwitchToThreadPool : unit -> Async<unit>
static member TryCancelled : computation:Async<'T> * compensation:(OperationCanceledException -> unit) -> Async<'T>
static member CancellationToken : Async<CancellationToken>
static member DefaultCancellationToken : CancellationToken

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Control.Async

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type Async<'T>

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Control.Async<_>

static member Async.StartAsTask : computation:Async<'T> * ?taskCreationOptions:Threading.Tasks.TaskCreationOptions * ?cancellationToken:Threading.CancellationToken -> Threading.Tasks.Task<'T>

val frank : app:'a -> 'b

Full name: Frank.Hosting.Wcf.frank

val app : 'a

val typeof<'T> : Type

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.typeof

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type EntryPointAttribute =
  inherit Attribute
  new : unit -> EntryPointAttribute

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.EntryPointAttribute

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new : unit -> EntryPointAttribute

val async : AsyncBuilder

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators.async

type HttpStatusCode =
  | Continue = 100
  | SwitchingProtocols = 101
  | OK = 200
  | Created = 201
  | Accepted = 202
  | NonAuthoritativeInformation = 203
  | NoContent = 204
  | ResetContent = 205
  | PartialContent = 206
  | MultipleChoices = 300
  ...

Full name: System.Net.HttpStatusCode

field HttpStatusCode.OK = 200

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val string : value:'T -> string

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.string

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type string = String

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.string

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type Uri =
  new : uriString:string -> Uri + 5 overloads
  member AbsolutePath : string
  member AbsoluteUri : string
  member Authority : string
  member DnsSafeHost : string
  member Equals : comparand:obj -> bool
  member Fragment : string
  member GetComponents : components:UriComponents * format:UriFormat -> string
  member GetHashCode : unit -> int
  member GetLeftPart : part:UriPartial -> string
  ...

Full name: System.Uri

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Uri(uriString: string) : unit
Uri(uriString: string, uriKind: UriKind) : unit
Uri(baseUri: Uri, relativeUri: string) : unit
Uri(baseUri: Uri, relativeUri: Uri) : unit

val printfn : format:Printf.TextWriterFormat<'T> -> 'T

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators.printfn

namespace System

type Console =
  static member BackgroundColor : ConsoleColor with get, set
  static member Beep : unit -> unit + 1 overload
  static member BufferHeight : int with get, set
  static member BufferWidth : int with get, set
  static member CapsLock : bool
  static member Clear : unit -> unit
  static member CursorLeft : int with get, set
  static member CursorSize : int with get, set
  static member CursorTop : int with get, set
  static member CursorVisible : bool with get, set
  ...

Full name: System.Console

Console.Read() : int

val ignore : value:'T -> unit

Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.ignore