How to convert output of HttpClient's PostAsJsonAsync() into user defined list of object

Question

I am making of System.Net.Http.HttpClient class to call an end point. This endpoint is expect certain input and returns a List of user defined object of type Employee ( List<Employee>).

This is the code that I am using.

using (var client = new HttpClient())
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:7792/");
                client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();

                FilterModel payload = new FilterModel();
                payload.employeeId= 97050001;
                payload.Level= "Manager";


                // New code:
                HttpResponseMessage response =  client.PostAsJsonAsync("api/employee", payload).Result;
                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    var employee=  response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

//HOW DO I CONVERT THE OUTPUT INTO LIST<EMPLOYEE>?

                    Console.Write("---DONE---");

                }

                Console.ReadKey();
            }

I know this is not the ideal way to call an end point & I must use asyc await. I just need the data, the call can be sync or async & I want to type cast the result into List.

Currently I get a string back which I need to deserialize. Please help

Answer 1

You can use JsonConvert as below:

var jsonString=  response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

var employees = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Employee>>(jsonString);

Hope this help!