Lesson 10 - Displaying Json

SpectreDemos/Helpers.cs

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+using Spectre.Console;
+
+namespace SpectreDemos;
+
+public static class Helpers
+{
+    public static async Task<string> FetchApiDataAsync(string apiUrl)
+    {
+        using var client = new HttpClient();
+
+        try
+        {
+            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(apiUrl);
+            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+            return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            AnsiConsole.MarkupLine($"[red]Error fetching data from API:[/]{ex.Message}");
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+    }
+}