Basics of generic method for making API calls

GenericGET.cs

//using System.Net.Http
//using System.Net.Http.Headers

public async Task<T> GetInfoAsync<T>(string url, string apiKey, string referer)
{
    try
    {
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler() { UseDefaultCredentials = true }))
        {
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("X-API-KEY", apiKey);
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Referer", referer);
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

            var response = client.GetAsync(url).Result;

            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                var responseContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(responseContent);
                return result;
            }
            else
                return (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T));
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        return (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T));
    }
}
        End Function