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asp.net-mvc-3rest
EdB
EdB

Reputation: 449

Is there a simple approach to call REST APIs from MVC3 applications

Can you recommend a library/simple approach to calling REST API services from ASP.NET MVC3. In Nuget I see things like RESTSharp, Hammock, Craig's Utility Library. I am looking for a common helper that I can then plug in multiple services.

Many thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 799

Answers (1)

Nick
Nick

Reputation: 6608

Starting a new MVC4 project comes with some default Microsoft WebApi packages for publishing and communicating with REST Apis - so if you have the opportunity to do this in MVC4 I would take it.

If not, you can still bring in the necessary nuget package into an MVC3 project to consume an api.

Install-Package Microsoft.Net.Http

The you can do things in your controller/domain layer like:

var client = new HttpClient();
var uri = "http://www.myapi.com";
var content = client.GetAsync(uri).Result.Content;

Upvotes: 4

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