asp.net mvc - How to get the JSON string from a Web API response -

i have asp.net mvc 4 application have controller whith action recieves xhr requests , returns json. in action want make call web api, recieve response json , use json string actions return value.

(and i'm not allowed call web api directly javascript, need go via server)

i manage make request web api can't figure out how read out json string.

here method:

  public actionresult index()     {         string ret = "";               httpclient client = new httpclient();             client.baseaddress = new uri("http://localhost:8080/");              client.defaultrequestheaders.accept.add(                 new mediatypewithqualityheadervalue("application/json"));              httpresponsemessage response = client.getasync("api/stuff").result;               if (response.issuccessstatuscode)             {                 // how json string out of response object?                 //ret = response.??             }             else             {                                  }              return content(ret, "application/json");     } 

how this.

string json = await response.content.readasstringasync();