modify classes

Author: Maryam Taheri

examples/HttpClientToCurl.Sample.InString/ApiCaller.cs

@@ -4,42 +4,25 @@ namespace HttpClientToCurl.Sample.InString;
 
 public static class ApiCaller
 {
+    // Create an instance of HttpClient
+    private static readonly HttpClient Client = new();
+    private const string ApiUrl = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts";
+    private const string AccessToken = "YourAccessToken";
+
     public static async Task MakeApiCall()
     {
-        string apiUrl = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts";
-
-        // Create an instance of HttpClient
-        HttpClient client = new();
-
         try
         {
             // Create a sample JSON payload
-            string jsonPayload =
-                "{\"title\":\"New Post\",\"body\":\"This is the body of the new post\",\"userId\":1}";
-
-            // Create HttpRequestMessage with the POST verb
-            HttpRequestMessage request = new(HttpMethod.Post, apiUrl);
-
-            // Set up the request headers
-            request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YourAccessToken"); // Add any necessary headers
-
-            // Set the request content with the JSON payload
-            request.Content = new StringContent(jsonPayload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+            var jsonPayload = "{\"title\":\"New Post\",\"body\":\"This is the body of the new post\",\"userId\":1}";
 
             // Generate a curl command as a string for debugging or testing.
-            // This string can be directly imported into Postman for checking and comparing against all the requirements.
-            string curlCommandString = client.GenerateCurlInString(request);
-
-            Console.WriteLine(curlCommandString);
-
-            // Send the request
-            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);
+            var response = await SendHttpRequest(HttpMethod.Post, ApiUrl, jsonPayload);
 
             // Check if the request was successful (status code 200-299)
             if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
-                // Read and print the response content as a string
-                string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+                var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                 Console.WriteLine("Response from the API:\n" + responseBody);
             }
             else
@@ -52,4 +35,18 @@ public static async Task MakeApiCall()
             Console.WriteLine($"Exception: {ex.Message}");
         }
     }
+
+    private static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendHttpRequest(HttpMethod method, string url, string payload = null)
+    {
+        var request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, url);
+
+        request.Headers.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {AccessToken}");
+        request.Content = new StringContent(payload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+
+        Console.WriteLine(GenerateCurl(request));
+
+        return await Client.SendAsync(request);
+    }
+
+    private static string GenerateCurl(HttpRequestMessage request) => Client.GenerateCurlInString(request);
 }