Working Get -reading from api

PostmanCloneLibrary/ApiAccess.cs

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+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace PostmanCloneLibrary;
+
+public class ApiAccess : IApiAccess
+{
+
+    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient = new();
+    public async Task<string> CallApiAsync(
+        string url,
+        bool formaOutput = true,
+        HttpAction action = HttpAction.GET
+     )
+    {
+        var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url);
+        if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+        {
+            string json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+            if (json != null && formaOutput)
+            {
+                var jsonElement = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(json);
+                json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(jsonElement,
+                    new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true });
+            }
+
+            return json;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return $"Error: {response.StatusCode}";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool IsValidUrl(string url)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(url))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        bool output = Uri.TryCreate(url, UriKind.Absolute, out Uri uriOutput) &&
+            (uriOutput.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttps);
+
+        return output;
+    }
+}

PostmanCloneLibrary/Class1.cs

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-namespace PostmanCloneLibrary
-{
-    public class Class1
-    {
-
-    }
-}

PostmanCloneLibrary/Enums.cs

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+
+
+namespace PostmanCloneLibrary;
+
+public enum HttpAction
+{
+    GET
+}

PostmanCloneLibrary/IApiAccess.cs

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+
+namespace PostmanCloneLibrary
+{
+    public interface IApiAccess
+    {
+        Task<string> CallApiAsync(string url, bool formaOutput, HttpAction action);
+        bool IsValidUrl(string url);
+    }
+}

PostmanCloneUI/Dashboard.Designer.cs

@@ -28,20 +28,129 @@
         /// </summary>
         private void InitializeComponent()
         {
+            formHeader = new Label();
+            apiLabel = new Label();
+            apiText = new TextBox();
+            callApi = new Button();
+            resultsText = new TextBox();
+            statusStrip = new StatusStrip();
+            systemStatus = new ToolStripStatusLabel();
+            resultLabel = new Label();
+            statusStrip.SuspendLayout();
             SuspendLayout();
             // 
+            // formHeader
+            // 
+            formHeader.AutoSize = true;
+            formHeader.Font = new Font("Segoe UI", 26.25F, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point, 0);
+            formHeader.Location = new Point(31, 29);
+            formHeader.Name = "formHeader";
+            formHeader.Size = new Size(254, 47);
+            formHeader.TabIndex = 0;
+            formHeader.Text = "Postman Clone";
+            // 
+            // apiLabel
+            // 
+            apiLabel.AutoSize = true;
+            apiLabel.Location = new Point(36, 116);
+            apiLabel.Name = "apiLabel";
+            apiLabel.Size = new Size(53, 32);
+            apiLabel.TabIndex = 1;
+            apiLabel.Text = "API:";
+            // 
+            // apiText
+            // 
+            apiText.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right;
+            apiText.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+            apiText.Location = new Point(95, 113);
+            apiText.Name = "apiText";
+            apiText.Size = new Size(709, 39);
+            apiText.TabIndex = 2;
+            // 
+            // callApi
+            // 
+            callApi.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Right;
+            callApi.Location = new Point(810, 111);
+            callApi.Name = "callApi";
+            callApi.Size = new Size(70, 42);
+            callApi.TabIndex = 3;
+            callApi.Text = "Go";
+            callApi.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            callApi.Click += callApi_Click;
+            // 
+            // resultsText
+            // 
+            resultsText.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right;
+            resultsText.BackColor = Color.White;
+            resultsText.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+            resultsText.Location = new Point(36, 215);
+            resultsText.Multiline = true;
+            resultsText.Name = "resultsText";
+            resultsText.ReadOnly = true;
+            resultsText.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Both;
+            resultsText.Size = new Size(843, 240);
+            resultsText.TabIndex = 4;
+            // 
+            // statusStrip
+            // 
+            statusStrip.BackColor = Color.White;
+            statusStrip.Items.AddRange(new ToolStripItem[] { systemStatus });
+            statusStrip.Location = new Point(0, 521);
+            statusStrip.Name = "statusStrip";
+            statusStrip.Size = new Size(903, 30);
+            statusStrip.TabIndex = 5;
+            statusStrip.Text = "System Status";
+            // 
+            // systemStatus
+            // 
+            systemStatus.BackColor = Color.White;
+            systemStatus.Font = new Font("Segoe UI", 14.25F, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point, 0);
+            systemStatus.Name = "systemStatus";
+            systemStatus.Size = new Size(62, 25);
+            systemStatus.Text = "Ready";
+            // 
+            // resultLabel
+            // 
+            resultLabel.AutoSize = true;
+            resultLabel.Location = new Point(36, 180);
+            resultLabel.Name = "resultLabel";
+            resultLabel.Size = new Size(88, 32);
+            resultLabel.TabIndex = 6;
+            resultLabel.Text = "Results";
+            // 
             // Dashboard
             // 
             AutoScaleDimensions = new SizeF(13F, 32F);
             AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
-            ClientSize = new Size(892, 466);
+            BackColor = Color.White;
+            ClientSize = new Size(903, 551);
+            Controls.Add(resultLabel);
+            Controls.Add(statusStrip);
+            Controls.Add(resultsText);
+            Controls.Add(callApi);
+            Controls.Add(apiText);
+            Controls.Add(apiLabel);
+            Controls.Add(formHeader);
             Font = new Font("Segoe UI", 18F, FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point, 0);
-            Margin = new Padding(6, 6, 6, 6);
+            Margin = new Padding(6);
             Name = "Dashboard";
+            StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
             Text = "Postman Clone by Tim Corey";
+            statusStrip.ResumeLayout(false);
+            statusStrip.PerformLayout();
             ResumeLayout(false);
+            PerformLayout();
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        private Label formHeader;
+        private Label apiLabel;
+        private TextBox apiText;
+        private Button callApi;
+        private TextBox resultsText;
+        private StatusStrip statusStrip;
+        private Label resultLabel;
+        private ToolStripStatusLabel systemStatus;
     }
 }

PostmanCloneUI/Dashboard.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,39 @@
-namespace PostmanCloneUI
+using PostmanCloneLibrary;
-{
+
+namespace PostmanCloneUI;
+
 public partial class Dashboard : Form
 {
+    private readonly ApiAccess _apiAccess = new();
     public Dashboard()
     {
         InitializeComponent();
     }
+
+    private async void callApi_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        systemStatus.Text = "Calling API...";
+        resultsText.Text = "";
+        // Validate the API URL
+        if (_apiAccess.IsValidUrl(apiText.Text) == false)
+        {
+            systemStatus.Text = "Invalid URL...";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+
+
+            resultsText.Text = await _apiAccess.CallApiAsync(apiText.Text);
+
+            systemStatus.Text = "Ready";
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+
+            resultsText.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message;
+            systemStatus.Text = "Error";
+        }
     }
 }

PostmanCloneUI/Dashboard.resx

@@ -117,4 +117,7 @@
   <resheader name="writer">
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
+  <metadata name="statusStrip.TrayLocation" type="System.Drawing.Point, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">
+    <value>17, 17</value>
+  </metadata>
 </root>