I'm new to Umbraco, so please forgive me if this is obvious, but:

I'm trying to write a little code to test my /Base services. Something like this:

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://localhost:49199/Base/Geo/GetPoint.aspx");
WebResponse ws = request.GetResponse();

The problem is, the server returns 500 for this request, and any Base requests. The same requests via Base work fine from within a browser, and furthermore this appears to be an issue that only affects Base ... other site URLs are perfectly accessible using a WebRequest.

I'm pretty sure I can work around it by doing this bit of my testing in the javascript of the page, but does anybody know if and/or why I'm seeing this behavior?

Thanks!