Cannot implicitly convert type from Task<>

Question

I am trying to master async method syntax in .NET 4.5. I thought I had understood the examples exactly however no matter what the type of the async method is (ie Task

Answer 1

You need to make TestGetMethod async too and attach await in front of GetIdList(); will unwrap the task to List, So if your helper function is returning Task make sure you have await as you are calling the function async too.

public Task> TestGetMethod()
{
    return GetIdList();
}    

async Task> GetIdList()
{
    using (HttpClient proxy = new HttpClient())
    {
        string response = await proxy.GetStringAsync("www.test.com");
        List idList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>();
        return idList;
    }
}

Another option

public async void TestGetMethod(List results)
{
    results = await GetIdList(); // await will unwrap the List
}