How to get content body from a httpclient call

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I ve been trying to figure out how to read the contents of a httpclient call  and I can t seem to get it  The response status I get is 200  but I can t figure out how to get to the actual Json being returned  which is all I need   The following is my code    async Task lt string gt  GetResponseString string text        var httpClient   new HttpClient         var parameters   new Dictionary lt string  string gt         parameters  text     text      Task lt HttpResponseMessage gt  response            httpClient PostAsync BaseUri  new FormUrlEncodedContent parameters         return await response Result Content ReadAsStringAsync        And I am getting it just calling it from a method   Task lt string gt  result    GetResponseString text     And This is what I get      response Id   89  Status   RanToCompletion  Method     null    Result    StatusCode  200  ReasonPhrase   OK   Version  1 1  Content  System Net Http StreamContent  Headers  r n  r n  Connection  keep-alive r n  Date  Mon  27 Oct 2014 21 56 43 GMT r n  ETag    5a266b16b9dccea99d3e76bf8c1253e0   r n  Server  nginx 0 7 65 r n  Content-Length  125 r n  Content-Type  application json r n    System Threading Tasks Task lt System Net Http HttpResponseMessage gt    Update  This is my current code per Nathan s response below      async Task lt string gt  GetResponseString string text                var httpClient   new HttpClient             var parameters   new Dictionary lt string  string gt             parameters  text     text           var response   await httpClient PostAsync BaseUri  new FormUrlEncodedContent parameters            var contents   await response Content ReadAsStringAsync             return contents          And I call it from this method       string AnalyzeSingle string text                try                       Task lt string gt  result   GetResponseString text               var model   JsonConvert DeserializeObject lt SentimentJsonModel gt  result Result                if  Convert ToInt16 model pos     1                                 numRetries   0                  return  positive                              if  Convert ToInt16 model neg     1                                 numRetries   0                  return  negative                              if  Convert ToInt16 model mid     1                                 numRetries   0                  return  neutral                              return                       catch  Exception e                        if   numRetries  gt  3                                LogThis string Format  Exception caught   0        skipping   e Message                     numRetries   0                  return                                numRetries                return AnalyzeSingle text                     And it keeps running forever  It hits the line  var model   JsonConvert DeserializeObject lt SentimentJsonModel gt  result Result   Once  and it continues to go without stopping at another breakpoint   When I pause execution  It say      Id   Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized   Status   Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized   Method   Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized   Result   Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized       I Continue execution  but it just runs forever  Not sure what the problem is

User · Answer

If you are not wanting to use async you can add  Result to force the code to execute synchronously    private string GetResponseString string text        var httpClient   new HttpClient         var parameters   new Dictionary lt string  string gt         parameters  text     text       var response   httpClient PostAsync BaseUri  new FormUrlEncodedContent parameters   Result      var contents   response Content ReadAsStringAsync   Result       return contents

User · Answer

The way you are using await async is poor at best  and it makes it hard to follow   You are mixing await with Task 1 Result  which is just confusing   However  it looks like you are looking at a final task result  rather than the contents     I ve rewritten your function and function call  which should fix your issue   async Task lt string gt  GetResponseString string text        var httpClient   new HttpClient         var parameters   new Dictionary lt string  string gt         parameters  text     text       var response   await httpClient PostAsync BaseUri  new FormUrlEncodedContent parameters        var contents   await response Content ReadAsStringAsync         return contents      And your final function call   Task lt string gt  result   GetResponseString text   var finalResult   result Result    Or even better   var finalResult   await GetResponseString text

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