private async Task <List <T> > GetDataFromAPI <T>(Type type, SupplierConnection connection, string url, CommonRQ request)
{
Dictionary <string, string> headers = new Dictionary <string, string> {
{ "X-FareHarbor-API-App", connection.Login },
{ "X-FareHarbor-API-User", connection.Secret },
};
List <T> list = new List <T>();
//convert strongly typed class to dictionary of request parameters
Dictionary <string, string> parameters = request.AsDictionary();
string result = await ApiInvoker.SendRequestGet(connection.URL + url, parameters, headers);
var rs = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(result, type); //Deserialize the data as the provided type
CommonRS common = (CommonRS)rs; //We know all returned data can be cast to this basic type
var data = common.GetData <T>(); //Get the actual list of results as generic type
list.AddRange(data);
return(list);
}