Cannot get JSON from geocoding API

Question

I have a method, that sends city to Google Geocoding API.

Here is this method.

public static async Task<string> ChangeDestination(string city_name) 
{
    string result;
    var realm = Realm.GetInstance();
    var client = new RestClient("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=");
    var request = new RestRequest(city_name+"&key=***************", Method.GET);
    IRestResponse response = await client.ExecuteTaskAsync(request);
    var content = response.Content;
    var responseData1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ChangeLocation>(content);

    result = "hey";
    return result;
}

In content I get Not Found.

When I try this request from the postman. I get JSON.

Where can be my problem?

Not familiar with RestClient but you should probably create it with the URL only, i.e. remove ? and add address= to the Request rather than mixing the query string between the two. — Alex K., Nov 19 '18 at 18:12

Kristoffer Jälén · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-19T18:24:44.360

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It's because RestClient takes a baseUrl as parameter, and to RestRequest you should pass the resource:

var client = new RestClient("https://maps.googleapis.com/");
var request = new RestRequest("maps/api/geocode/json?address=" + city_name + "&key=xxx", 
                              Method.GET);

For all HTTP request issues, you might find Fiddler useful.

edited Nov 19 '18 at 18:24

answered Nov 19 '18 at 18:21

Kristoffer Jälén

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Will try now. Thank's – Eugene Sukh Nov 19 '18 at 18:23
Yeah, that helps. Thank's! – Eugene Sukh Nov 19 '18 at 18:24
a suggestion: NotFound is usually URL related. You can use a URL builder to build your GET requests https://stackoverflow.com/a/41416363/7927820 – Hanjun Chen Nov 19 '18 at 18:26

Cannot get JSON from geocoding API

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