Web Development

private static async Task TestWebAPI(string url)
{
    using (var client = new HttpClient())
    {
        using (var httpResponse = await client.GetAsync(url))
        {
            try
            {
                httpResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();     //<=======EXCEPTION HERE
                string responsContent = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                _logger.Log(LogLevel.Error, e);
            }
        }
    }
}

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