public async Task <List <PassInfo> > CallAPI(string accessCode)
{
// how to call rest API
//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22627296/how-to-call-rest-api-from-a-console-application/22627481
//https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/advanced/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client
// best method
//https://blog.jayway.com/2012/03/13/httpclient-makes-get-and-post-very-simple/
try
{
// calls url builder utility which builds the URL to send via http client
var url = URLBuilder.BuildURL(accessCode);
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
var response = await client.GetAsync(url);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
//Console.WriteLine(content);
// this works!!!
List <PassInfo> pass = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <PassInfo> >(content);
// how to order model object in-place (which is more efficient since you don't have to
// create a whole new object): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3309188/how-to-sort-a-listt-by-a-property-in-the-object
pass.Sort((x, y) => x.MountainPassId.CompareTo(y.MountainPassId));
return(pass);
}
// catch block
catch (HttpRequestException ex)
{
throw new HttpRequestException(ex.ToString());
}
}
public string PushURL()
{
URL = URLBuilder.BuildURL(parametersDictionary);
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
string json_data = String.Empty;
try
{
json_data = webClient.DownloadString(URL);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new WebException(ex.Message);
}
return(json_data);
}