Blazor BoilerPlate - Breeze Controller ApiClient error - breeze-sharp

Question

Hopefully someone can advise on how to resolve the following issue, I am using the Blazor Boilerplate template to create a site. I added a second data connection (different database) and generated all the code required, I also added a new Controller and Persistence Manager for the new data connection.
I then wrote code to return a list of clients from the second data connection, this is where I have fallen foul of something as I am getting the following error message from ApiClient class:
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue()
at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken.ReadFrom(JsonReader reader, JsonLoadSettings settings)
at Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken.Parse(String json, JsonLoadSettings settings)
at Breeze.Sharp.EntityManager.ExecuteQuery(EntityQuery query, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Breeze.Sharp.EntityManager.ExecuteQuery[T](EntityQuery1 query, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at RevIntra.Shared.Services.BaseApiClient.GetItems[T](String from, Expression1 predicate, Expression1 orderBy, Expression1 orderByDescending, Nullable1 take, Nullable1 skip, Dictionary`2 parameters) in C:\Shared\Source\Repos\Revroof\RevIntra_BP\RevIntra\Shared\RevIntra.Shared\Services\BaseApiClient.cs:line 169
at RevIntra.Shared.Services.ApiClient.GetAllCustomers(CustomerFilter filter) in C:\Shared\Source\Repos\Revroof\RevIntra_BP\RevIntra\Shared\RevIntra.Shared\Services\ApiClient.cs:line 63
at RevIntra.Theme.Material.Pages.Revroof.AXCustomers.OnInitializedAsync() in C:\Shared\Source\Repos\Revroof\RevIntra_BP\RevIntra\Shared\Modules\RevIntra.Theme.MudBlazor\Pages\Revroof\AXCustomers.razor:line 22
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.ComponentBase.RunInitAndSetParametersAsync()
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.GetErrorHandledTask(Task taskToHandle, ComponentState owningComponentState)
The following is my calling and processing code:
Page:
#code {
private CustomerFilter filter = new();
//private List<Customer> Customers = new();
protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
{
var items = await apiClient.GetAllCustomers(filter);
}
}
ApiClient Code:
public async Task<QueryResult<Customer>> GetAllCustomers(CustomerFilter filter)
{
return await GetItems<Customer>(from: "Customers", orderBy: i=>i.TradingName, parameters: filter?.ToDictionary());
}
BaseApiClient code:
public async Task<QueryResult<T>> GetItems<T>(string from,
Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate = null,
Expression<Func<T, object>> orderBy = null,
Expression<Func<T, object>> orderByDescending = null,
int? take = null,
int? skip = null,
Dictionary<string, object> parameters = null)
{
try
{
var query = new EntityQuery<T>().InlineCount().From(from);
if (parameters != null)
query = query.WithParameters(parameters);
if (predicate != null)
query = query.Where(predicate);
if (orderBy != null)
query = query.OrderBy(orderBy);
if (orderByDescending != null)
query = query.OrderByDescending(orderByDescending);
if (take != null)
query = query.Take(take.Value);
if (skip != null)
query = query.Skip(skip.Value);
else
query = query.Skip(0); //query errors if skip is not defined so default to 0
var response = await entityManager.ExecuteQuery(query, CancellationToken.None); **<----- Error produced here**
QueryResult<T> result;
if (response is QueryResult<T>)
result = (QueryResult<T>)response;
else
{
result = new QueryResult<T>();
result.Results = response;
}
return result;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
logger.LogError("GetItems: {0}", ex.GetBaseException().Message);
throw;
}
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am currently stuck and cannot progress this project any further.
Regards
Peter.

Answer 1

I have resolved this issue with the help of Keith #enkodellc, I needed to create another Api Client for this data connection, have since run into other issues but this is now resolved.