public class WebConnect
    {
        // Console: Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client
        // Create and initialize HttpClient, using System.Net.Http;
        public static System.Net.Http.HttpClient webclient = new System.Net.Http.HttpClient();

        /* HttpClient is intended to be instantiated once and re-used throughout the life of an application.
         * Especially in server applications, creating a new HttpClient instance for every request will 
         * exhaust the number of sockets available under heavy loads. This will result in SocketException errors. */

        // Method Initialize the HttpClient 
        public static void InitHttpClient(string url)
        {
            try
            {
                /* Connect and set accept header to "application/json" which tells the server to
                 *  send data in JSON format */
                webclient.BaseAddress = new Uri(url);
                webclient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
                webclient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
                webclient.GetAsync(url);
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException(e.Message);
            }
        }
    }