How do I make calls to a REST API using C#?

Question

This is the code I have so far:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
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Answer 1

A solution in ASP.NET Core:

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Configuration;

namespace WebApp
{
    public static class HttpHelper
    {
        // In my case this is https://localhost:44366/
        private static readonly string apiBasicUri = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["apiBasicUri"];

        public static async Task Post(string url, T contentValue)
        {
            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBasicUri);
                var content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(contentValue), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
                var result = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
                result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            }
        }

        public static async Task Put(string url, T stringValue)
        {
            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBasicUri);
                var content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(stringValue), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
                var result = await client.PutAsync(url, content);
                result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            }
        }

        public static async Task Get(string url)
        {
            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBasicUri);
                var result = await client.GetAsync(url);
                result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
                string resultContentString = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                T resultContent = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(resultContentString);
                return resultContent;
            }
        }

        public static async Task Delete(string url)
        {
            using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBasicUri);
                var result = await client.DeleteAsync(url);
                result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            }
        }
    }
}

To post, use something like this:

await HttpHelper.Post($"/api/values/{id}", setting);

Example for delete:

await HttpHelper.Delete($"/api/values/{id}");

Example to get a list:

List claimTerms = await HttpHelper.Get>("/api/values/");

Example to get only one:

ClaimTerm processedClaimImage = await HttpHelper.Get($"/api/values/{id}");