REST Get/Post Sample using HttpClient with async/await and JSON content

gistfile1.cs

private readonly IMvxJsonConverter _converter;

public async Task<T> GetAsync<T>(string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken) where T : new()
{
    var client = new HttpClient();
    var response = await client.GetAsync(url, cancellationToken);
    var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

    var result = _converter.DeserializeObject<T>(responseString);
    return result;
}

public async Task<T> PostAsync<T>(string url, object postContent, CancellationToken cancellationToken) where T : new()
{
    var client = new HttpClient();
    var serializedContent = _converter.SerializeObject(postContent);
    HttpContent httpContent = new StringContent(serializedContent, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

    var response = await client.PostAsync(url, httpContent, cancellationToken);
    var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

    var result = _converter.DeserializeObject<T>(responseString);
    return result;
}