How do I make calls to a REST API using C#?

Question

This is the code I have so far:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
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Answer 1

My suggestion would be to use RestSharp. You can make calls to REST services and have them cast into POCO objects with very little boilerplate code to actually have to parse through the response. This will not solve your particular error, but it answers your overall question of how to make calls to REST services. Having to change your code to use it should pay off in the ease of use and robustness moving forward. That is just my two cents though.

Example:

namespace RestSharpThingy
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Net;
    using System.Reflection;

    using RestSharp;

    public static class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            Uri baseUrl = new Uri("https://httpbin.org/");
            IRestClient client = new RestClient(baseUrl);
            IRestRequest request = new RestRequest("get", Method.GET) { Credentials = new NetworkCredential("testUser", "P455w0rd") };

            request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer qaPmk9Vw8o7r7UOiX-3b-8Z_6r3w0Iu2pecwJ3x7CngjPp2fN3c61Q_5VU3y0rc-vPpkTKuaOI2eRs3bMyA5ucKKzY1thMFoM0wjnReEYeMGyq3JfZ-OIko1if3NmIj79ZSpNotLL2734ts2jGBjw8-uUgKet7jQAaq-qf5aIDwzUo0bnGosEj_UkFxiJKXPPlF2L4iNJSlBqRYrhw08RK1SzB4tf18Airb80WVy1Kewx2NGq5zCC-SCzvJW-mlOtjIDBAQ5intqaRkwRaSyjJ_MagxJF_CLc4BNUYC3hC2ejQDoTE6HYMWMcg0mbyWghMFpOw3gqyfAGjr6LPJcIly__aJ5__iyt-BTkOnMpDAZLTjzx4qDHMPWeND-TlzKWXjVb5yMv5Q6Jg6UmETWbuxyTdvGTJFzanUg1HWzPr7gSs6GLEv9VDTMiC8a5sNcGyLcHBIJo8mErrZrIssHvbT8ZUPWtyJaujKvdgazqsrad9CO3iRsZWQJ3lpvdQwucCsyjoRVoj_mXYhz3JK3wfOjLff16Gy1NLbj4gmOhBBRb8rJnUXnP7rBHs00FAk59BIpKLIPIyMgYBApDCut8V55AgXtGs4MgFFiJKbuaKxq8cdMYEVBTzDJ-S1IR5d6eiTGusD5aFlUkAs9NV_nFw");
            request.AddParameter("clientId", 123);

            IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

            if (response.IsSuccessful)
            {
                response.Data.Write();
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine(response.ErrorMessage);
            }

            Console.WriteLine();

            string path = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
            string name = Path.GetFileName(path);

            request = new RestRequest("post", Method.POST);
            request.AddFile(name, File.ReadAllBytes(path), name, "application/octet-stream");
            response = client.Execute(request);
            if (response.IsSuccessful)
            {
                response.Data.Write();
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine(response.ErrorMessage);
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void Write(this RootObject rootObject)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("clientId: " + rootObject.args.clientId);
            Console.WriteLine("Accept: " + rootObject.headers.Accept);
            Console.WriteLine("AcceptEncoding: " + rootObject.headers.AcceptEncoding);
            Console.WriteLine("AcceptLanguage: " + rootObject.headers.AcceptLanguage);
            Console.WriteLine("Authorization: " + rootObject.headers.Authorization);
            Console.WriteLine("Connection: " + rootObject.headers.Connection);
            Console.WriteLine("Dnt: " + rootObject.headers.Dnt);
            Console.WriteLine("Host: " + rootObject.headers.Host);
            Console.WriteLine("Origin: " + rootObject.headers.Origin);
            Console.WriteLine("Referer: " + rootObject.headers.Referer);
            Console.WriteLine("UserAgent: " + rootObject.headers.UserAgent);
            Console.WriteLine("origin: " + rootObject.origin);
            Console.WriteLine("url: " + rootObject.url);
            Console.WriteLine("data: " + rootObject.data);
            Console.WriteLine("files: ");
            foreach (KeyValuePair kvp in rootObject.files ?? Enumerable.Empty>())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\t" + kvp.Key + ": " + kvp.Value);
            }
        }
    }

    public class Args
    {
        public string clientId { get; set; }
    }

    public class Headers
    {
        public string Accept { get; set; }

        public string AcceptEncoding { get; set; }

        public string AcceptLanguage { get; set; }

        public string Authorization { get; set; }

        public string Connection { get; set; }

        public string Dnt { get; set; }

        public string Host { get; set; }

        public string Origin { get; set; }

        public string Referer { get; set; }

        public string UserAgent { get; set; }
    }

    public class RootObject
    {
        public Args args { get; set; }

        public Headers headers { get; set; }

        public string origin { get; set; }

        public string url { get; set; }

        public string data { get; set; }

        public Dictionary files { get; set; }
    }
}