Trouble Integrating a Third-Party REST API into WinForms Application During Migration
I'm trying to figure out Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy..... Recently started working on migrating an existing WinForms application that heavily interacts with a third-party REST API. The challenge lies in making the API requests asynchronously without freezing the UI. I tried using `HttpClient` within a `Task`, but the UI still becomes unresponsive during the calls. Here’s a snippet of how I’ve structured the API call: ```csharp private async Task<string> CallApiAsync(string endpoint) { using (var client = new HttpClient()) { client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.example.com/"); var response = await client.GetAsync(endpoint); response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); } } ``` This is called from a button click event: ```csharp private async void btnFetchData_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string data = await CallApiAsync("data"); // Process the data... } ``` To further optimize, I even wrapped the call in a `try-catch` block to gracefully handle potential exceptions, but UI becomes sluggish especially if the API response time is high. I also experimented with `Task.Run`, thinking it might help offload the work from the UI thread, but it didn't yield any improvements either. Additionally, I checked the Visual Studio Diagnostics to ensure that the UI thread wasn’t being blocked, and everything appears fine there. Would a different approach be more suitable? Or should I reconsider the architecture altogether, maybe incorporating a background worker or a different method for handling API calls? Any insights on best practices for this scenario would be greatly appreciated! I'm working with C# in a Docker container on Debian. Any ideas how to fix this? This is happening in both development and production on Debian. Is there a better approach?