c# Httpclient get code example

Example 1: c# getasync response

async Task<string> GetResponseString(string text)
{
    var httpClient = new HttpClient();

    var parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    parameters["text"] = text;

    var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(BaseUri, new FormUrlEncodedContent(parameters));
    var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

    return contents;
}

var finalResult = await GetResponseString(text);

Example 2: httpclient c# sample

// HttpClient is intended to be instantiated once per application, rather than per-use. See Remarks.
static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

static async Task Main()
{
  // Call asynchronous network methods in a try/catch block to handle exceptions.
  try	
  {
     HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("http://www.contoso.com/");
     response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
     string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
     // Above three lines can be replaced with new helper method below
     // string responseBody = await client.GetStringAsync(uri);

     Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
  }
  catch(HttpRequestException e)
  {
     Console.WriteLine("\nException Caught!");	
     Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ",e.Message);
  }
}