How to read HttpResponseMessage content as text

Question

I\'m using HttpResponseMessage class as a response from an AJAX call which is returning JSON data from a service. When I pause execution after the AJAX call comes back from

Answer 1

You can use ReadAsStringAsync on the Content.

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Note that you usually should be using await - not .Result.