using System;
using System.Net.Http;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create an HttpClient instance.
            HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

            // Set the request method.
            client.DefaultMethod = "GET";

            // Set the request URI.
            Uri uri = new Uri("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts");

            // Make the request.
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(uri);

            // Check the response status code.
            int statusCode = response.StatusCode;
            if (statusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                throw new Exception("The request failed with status code " + statusCode);
            }

            // Get the response content.
            string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            // Display the response content.
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
    }
}