using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace HelloWorldMvcApp
public class HomeController : Controller
const string apiUrl = "http://loripsum.net/api/3/short/medium/link";
public ActionResult Index()
var viewModel = new SampleViewModel();
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(apiUrl);
using (var response = request.GetResponse())
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
var responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(responseFromServer))
viewModel.MainContentText = responseFromServer;
viewModel.SideContentText = responseFromServer;