/// <summary>
/// Issues an HTTP Post of the content to the specified URI
/// </summary>
/// <param name="uri">The address of the service to post to</param>
/// <param name="requestContent">The content to be posted</param>
/// <returns>A Task containing an HttpResponseMessage that holds the result of the post operation</returns>
public async Task <IHttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(string uri, IHttpContent requestContent)
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var sendContent = requestContent.AsHttpContent();
Console.WriteLine($"Issuing an HTTP Post to '{uri}' with data '{requestContent.Content}'.");
var response = await client.PostAsync(uri, sendContent);
Console.WriteLine("Response received from HTTP Post request -- needs to be deserialized");
var receivedMessage = response.AsIHttpResponseMessage();
Console.WriteLine($"Deserialized response from HTTP Post request: {receivedMessage.Content}");
return(receivedMessage);
}
