db changes and build pipeline

Shared/AccessLayers/ApiAccessLayer.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Net.Mime;
+using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Shared.Models;
@@ -10,8 +12,12 @@ public abstract class ApiAccessLayer
 
     protected ApiAccessLayer(string apiBaseUrl)
     {
-        _httpClient = new HttpClient();
-        _httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBaseUrl);
+        var handler = new HttpClientHandler() 
+        { 
+            ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = HttpClientHandler.DangerousAcceptAnyServerCertificateValidator
+        };
+        _httpClient = new HttpClient(handler);
+        _httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBaseUrl, UriKind.Absolute);
     }
 
     private async Task<HttpResponseWrapper> SendRequest(HttpRequestMessage message)
@@ -53,12 +59,11 @@ public abstract class ApiAccessLayer
         {
             uri = QueryHelpers.AddQueryString(endpoint, queryParams);
         }
-
-        message.RequestUri = new Uri(uri);
+        message.RequestUri = new Uri(uri, UriKind.Relative);
         message.Method = method;
         if (data != null)
         {
-            message.Content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data));
+            message.Content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data), Encoding.UTF8, MediaTypeNames.Application.Json);
         }
 
         return message;