Simple question, doco or tutorial for making API Rest calls in an AvaloniaUI app ... target Windows desktop

[smhk]

Thanks, I'm not primarily a WPF/Windows developer, can someone point me to the docu or a tutorial for a "hello world API" app, how to make a typical https call and maybe parse the incoming json

thanks, gang!

[LaurentInSeattle]

Hi,
This is not related to Avalonia or any other UI framework.
You can place your network code in a regular C# assembly and proceed exactly the same way as you would do for WPF, Winforms, etc.

Example: This code
https://github.com/LaurentInSeattle/Lyt.Avalonia.AstroPic/blob/main/Lyt.Avalonia.AstroPic.Service/Nasa/NasaService.cs
is looking up the Nasa APOD using the RestSharp library. (get it via Nuget)

HTH

[smhk]

Great, thanks for the prompt response

[maxkatz6]

Microsoft documentation and samples is typically enough https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fundamentals/networking/http/httpclient

All you need is HttpClient. RestSharp is an option too, which is build on top of HttpClient with some extensions.

[smhk]

Good info, thanks for the prompt response

[LaurentInSeattle]

Refit ( https://github.com/reactiveui/refit ) is also great for more complex scenarios.
Some folks do not like the heavy use of attributes though...