RestGetAsync

Description: the method executes a Get Rest request and gets the result in json format

Syntax: RestGetAsync(string url, TimeSpan timeout, string charset = "UTF-8")

Return value: string

Example:

string result = await tester.RestGetAsync("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1/", TimeSpan.FromDays(1), "UTF-8");

tester.ConsoleMsg(result);

This method uses a standard approach:

using System.Net;

using System.Net.Http;

using System.Net.Http.Headers;

Uri uri = new Uri(url);

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromDays(1);

client.BaseAddress = uri;

client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();

client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();

client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("charset", "UTF-8");

client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", userAgent);

HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);

if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)

{

return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

}