public async Task <bool> addCustomer(Customer item) { using (var client = new HttpClient()) { client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://httpbin.org/"); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear(); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json")); string customerJson = _jsonParser.CustomerToJsonString(item); HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync("post", new StringContent(customerJson)); if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode) { return(true); } return(false); } }