However, if you use HttpClient as it was intended (asynchronously), then the code gets simpler. If I use await and async, as shown in Listing 4, the code isn’t quite as short as with the WebClient … ...

In the new project, create a new API controller and save it using the default name, i.e., ValuesController. We’ll use this project in the sections that follow. HttpClient challenges ...

The issue with the HttpWebRequest is that, if you want to call a RESTful service with the HttpWebRequest, you’re going to have to specify everything yourself. Listing 1 shows the simplest possible ...