static async Task <Uri> CreateAsync(FlightsManagementSystem.Country country, HttpClient client)
{
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync(
"api/countries", country);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
// return URI of the created resource.
return(response.Headers.Location);
}
// GET REQUEST
public void AddCountriesToDB(int countries)
{
int range = countries;
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(URL);
// Add an Accept header for JSON format.
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
// List data response.
HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync("").Result; // Blocking call! Program will wait here until a response is received or a timeout occurs.
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// Parse the response body.
var dataObjects = response.Content.ReadAsAsync <IEnumerable <Country> >().Result;
foreach (var d in dataObjects)
{
if (countriesCounter < range)
{
FlightsManagementSystem.Country country = new FlightsManagementSystem.Country();
countriesList.Add(d.name);
country.CountryName = d.name;
countryDAOMSSQL.Add(country);
countriesCounter++;
counter++;
Thread.Sleep(20);
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", (int)response.StatusCode, response.ReasonPhrase);
}
//Make any other calls using HttpClient here.
//Dispose once all HttpClient calls are complete. This is not necessary if the containing object will be disposed of; for example in this case the HttpClient instance will be disposed automatically when the application terminates so the following call is superfluous.
client.Dispose();
}
