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Consume Web API Get Method Using C#

In this article, we will see how to consume get method of web API using C#.

Create Web API

Create a new web API project and in the controller, add a get method with the following body

public class TestController: ApiController {
  public List < string > GetTrafficSignalColor() {
    return new List < string > () {
      "Red",
      "Green",
      "Orange"
    };
  }
}

Create C# Application

Create a console application and write the following code in Main method.

using(var client = new WebClient()) {
  client.Headers["request-type"] = "application/json";
  string result = client.DownloadString("http://localhost:19800/api/Test");
  Console.WriteLine(result);
  Console.ReadLine();
}

Output

Now run the web API application first and then the console application. You see the following output

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Saturday, February 27, 2016

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