C# REST API Client [closed]

Question

I have successfully created a PHP REST API which resides on my server. I am now looking to create the client-side connection to this via my WPF C# application. I found this but my API requires the API key to be sent via a HTTP header, and I can't see you can do that in this. I also created a PHP REST client using CURL and it was very easy, and was hoping that there would be something built into C# to handle requests to REST services.

If someone could point me in the direction of a tutorial they have seen, or a library somewhere I would be grateful.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Take a look at RESTSharp. Very powerful, and easy to use.

Works on all platforms too: Web, Windows, WCF, Monotouch, Windows Phone

Answer 2

You can just use HttpWebRequest or WebClient to make web requests like you would have with CURL in your PHP client...

If you need to deal with JSON based responses, JSON.Net is a fantastic library.

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://a/rest/uri"); request.Method = "POST"; request.Headers.Add("Authorization: OAuth " + accessToken); string postData = string.Format("param1=something&param2=something_else"); byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);  request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; request.Accept = "application/json"; request.ContentLength = data.Length;  using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream()) {     requestStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length); }  try {     using(WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())     {         // Do something with response     } } catch (WebException ex) {     // Handle error }