C#•16mo ago

✅ How to return List from RestClient?

Hi, I am making rest client for my application using RestSharp (like their twitter client in guide https://restsharp.dev/usage.html#api-client). Everywhere in code I have something like

public record Entity1(string SomeCoolString);

public record GetSomethingResponse 
{
  [JsonPropertyName("inconsistent_name_within_whole_api")]
  public int Id { get; set; }

  [JsonPropertyName("Cool_Entities")]
  public List<Entity1> CoolEntities { get; set; }
}

public async Task<GetSomethingResponse> GetSomething()
{
  var request = new RestRequest("endpoint");
  var response = await _client.ExecuteAsync<GetSomethingResponse>(request);
  return response.Data;
}

public record Entity1(string SomeCoolString);

public record GetSomethingResponse 
{
  [JsonPropertyName("inconsistent_name_within_whole_api")]
  public int Id { get; set; }

  [JsonPropertyName("Cool_Entities")]
  public List<Entity1> CoolEntities { get; set; }
}

public async Task<GetSomethingResponse> GetSomething()
{
  var request = new RestRequest("endpoint");
  var response = await _client.ExecuteAsync<GetSomethingResponse>(request);
  return response.Data;
}

But one endpoint returns just an array of entities and I don't like how Task<List<CoolerEntity2>> looks In TypeScript I could make alias type GetEntities = CoolerEntity2[] and use it. Is there something similar in C#? Also, should I use ICollection instead of List? P.S. Models (or DTO?) and client code are in separated files

4 Replies

Kouhai•16mo ago

You can alias types using GetEntities = ICollection<GetSomethingResponse> Whether you return List or ICollection depends on what you want the consumers to do, if you want them to access elements by index then IList or List

DMaxOP•16mo ago

Oh, thank you, appreciate your help! I checked c# api reference and guess even IEnumerable will be enough

Kouhai•16mo ago

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Accord•16mo ago

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✅ How to return List from RestClient?