This gist helps in parsing String- "0" Responses that comes back from services in C3. Some annoying developers do not return REST services but instead return the response in a weird format of "0" which is an integer inside a string.

Parsing String- "0" Responses

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var token = "{TOKEN GOES HERE}";

    // Method 1 of getting the string from the services
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    var uri = "https://q1.asdfsafasfa.com/IsMarriedAndConsent";
    var value = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(token);
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = value;
    string obstring = client.GetStringAsync(uri).Result;
    Console.WriteLine(obstring); //"0"

    // Method 2 of getting the string from the services
    HttpClient client2 = new HttpClient
    {
        BaseAddress =
        new Uri("https://q1.asdfsafasfa.com/IsMarriedAndConsent/")
    };
    client2.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", token);
    var result = client2.GetStringAsync("");
    Console.WriteLine(result.Result); //"0"

    int c;
    Int32.TryParse(result.Result, out c);
    var a = "0";
    var b = 0;
    Console.WriteLine(a); //0
    Console.WriteLine(b); //0
    Console.WriteLine(c); //0 
    bool x = c == 1 ? true : false;
    Console.WriteLine(x); //false
    
    // The output is 
    // "0" 
    // "0"
    // 0
    // 0
    // 0
    // false
    
    // Bonus, Getting the path of a URL without the base address
    //var a = "https://asdfsafasfa/mobile/factsheets";
    //var b = "https://asdfsafasfa";
    //var c = a.Substring(b.Length);
    //Console.WriteLine(b + c); // Test to make sure that a = b+c
}