How to make an HTTP request in C#?

Greetings colleagues!

I've encountered what seems like a trivial task — making an HTTP request to an external API from a .NET 6 console application. I've read several tutorials, but the examples are scattered everywhere: some use HttpClient, others use WebClient (deprecated?), and some use RestSharp. I want to understand the modern and correct approach.

I tried writing a simple GET request using HttpClient, but the application hangs. Here's the code:

var client = new HttpClient();\nvar response = await client.GetAsync("https://api.github.com/zen");\nvar content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();\nConsole.WriteLine(content);

I run it in the Main method (without async), and I get a warning that the async