How To Call An API in C# - Examples, Best Practices, Memory Management, and Pitfalls

It seems like everything has an API these days but have you ever wondered how to make use of an API in your application? It turns out that it isn't really that hard at all. In this video, I am going to show you how to easily load the data from two different APIs into an application. Along the way, I will show you how to avoid some memory issues and other best practices around talking to APIs Full courses: https://www.iamtimcorey.com/ Source Code: https://www.iamtimcorey.com/downloads... Patreon:   / iamtimcorey   Newsletter signup: https://signup.iamtimcorey.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Demo application walk-through 4:09 - Setting up API calling: WebApi.Client and Newtonsoft.json NuGet references 6:02 - Setting up API calling: HttpClient 13:48 - Setting up API calling: API calls 19:14 - Setting up API calling: Reading and working with json data 28:18 - Loading image in WPF (form a website) 35:29 - Adding events in WPF application: wiring up action buttons 39:40 - Note on information Cashing 42:55 - Sunrise-sunset API: Nested json objects, API calls, WPF events, displaying information 51:56 - Loading other WPF forms from MainWindow 53:38 - Summary and concluding remarks Chapter breakdown by Ralfs HBK