/// <summary>
/// Method gets all customers data from the DB. It's defined as asynchronous
/// to return the view for the index and customer list values.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <IActionResult> Index()
{
List <CustomerDTO> dto = new List <CustomerDTO>();
HttpClient client = _customerAPI.InitializeClient();
HttpResponseMessage res = await client.GetAsync("api/customers/Get");
//Checking the response is successful or not which is sent using HttpClient
if (res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
//Storing the response details recieved from web api
var result = res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
//Deserializing the response recieved from web api and storing into the Employee list
dto = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <CustomerDTO> >(result);
}
//returning the employee list to view
return(View(dto));
}
