Can a REST API be used within a Web API service? - asp.net-web-api

Question

I need to create a Web API "wrapper" that is consumed by a client, but in this Web API Service, I actually need to create a POST request to a different REST API service that is running on the same IIS server that does some work and returns StringContent that I pass back to the client via a JSON HttpResponse. Is this possible? Instead of the client making direct calls to the actual REST API and returning data they don't need/want, they would call my Web API service and I would only return them the required data. I know this was done in the old SOAP WSDL model.
If I need the client to pass in a couple parameters that are required for my POST request, would I be having the client use a GET or POST request?

Answer 1

This is an sample code i used call API inside another API using POST method.
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
string query;
using (var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new Dictionary<string, string>()
{
{"username", username},
{"password", password}
}))
{
query = content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
}
var model = new{
username = txtUsername.Text,
password = txtPassword.Text
};
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(model);
var user = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
using (var response = await client.PostAsync(#"http://localhost/dataagent/api/user/authenticate", user))
{
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
// handle result here
}
}
}