Quickly Consume a REST API in a .NET Application - REFIT

Learn how to use Refit to easily consume a REST API. In this demo, I consume the REST API from my JWT authentication series. I also demonstrate how to setup an automatic token refresh flow on the client.

Although this demo uses Refit to consume a local .NET REST API, Refit can be used to quickly consume any REST API.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
1:21 - Installing Refit
1:44 - Demo API Introduction
3:05 - Creating a Refit Service
6:10 - Using the Refit Service
8:08 - Setting Up the Other Refit Services
12:07 - Passing the Access Token to the Data Server
17:52 - Implementing the Automatic Token Refresh
21:59 - Handling Refit Exceptions
13:19 - Conclusion

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[leoneguidodalzennaro]

Thank you for listening to my request, highly appreciated Sean!

[robbrodie]

Fantastic tutorial! Great pace and filled with useful information.

[AkshayKumar-npix]

Thank you, Sean! Excellent tutorial!! Thank you, Sean!

[samerelsahih]

Thanks for the effort. Learning so much from all your vids.

[mottahh]

Hello
Thank you for the great tutorials
I think you may need to make a semantic lock on the refresh method as regular case is having multiple request going out at once, and if all the request are going to request a refresh for the access token this may be at best a redundant request and at worst if the api change the refresh token with each refresh you may end up with invalid refresh token saved as the value on the store

[igorlima]

Do we really need one interface for each endpoint? can't we put multiple endpoints in one interface?

[bradclarke]

any suggestions on how to log / debug the "BODY" of the POST using REFIT. I have a bit more complex JSON with child objects and something is not parsing correctly in the JSON body, but I am unable to figure out how to log that POST message to the console

I do not own the webservice it is POSTing to so I cannot look at logs on receiving side.

[tarekjrd]

So i suppose in an MVVM architecture, the ICommand's implementing : "CommandBase" are the one's responsible to create the Refit Interfaces instance in there Execute methode ?

[tarekjrd]

Hey Sean, where should i save the token for futur logins ?
Assuming that i will redirect the user to the dashboard when he gets a valid token, but how should i save it in a most secure way ?

[randindondan]

Hello! Did you do the video where you consume third party API with Refit?

[godfathermikal]

The scope of this tutorial is really large. Should rename this video "Consuming Authentication...and BTW, we use refit a little." So many tangents that dive into topics that have nothing to do with Refit that it's like the message gets lost.

[gioeffectpro]

it looks ridiculous, just for token you have to add so much code, I think there is a better approach