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Creating a library to call a REST API

In this recipe, we will be looking at a .NET Standard 2.0 library that calls a REST API. RESTful APIs are services that allow you to access its functionality through HTTP. We will be using the System.Net.Http namespace inside the library to send a message to an API and get back the results.

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