Getting an UTF-8 response with httpclient in Windows Store apps

Question

I\'m building a Windows Store app, but I\'m stuck at getting a UTF-8 response from an API.

This is the code:

using (HttpClient client = new HttpClien         


        

Answer 1

My approach using an Extension:

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using Windows.Web.Http;

    namespace yourfancyNamespace
    {
        public static class IHttpContentExtension
        {
            public static async Task<string> ReadAsStringUTF8Async(this IHttpContent content)
            {
                return await content.ReadAsStringAsync(Encoding.UTF8);
            }
            public static async Task<string> ReadAsStringAsync(this IHttpContent content, Encoding encoding)
            {
                using (TextReader reader = new StreamReader((await content.ReadAsInputStreamAsync()).AsStreamForRead(), encoding))
                {
                    return reader.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
        }
    }