HTTP CLIENT HOW TO

JsonContent: Provides HTTP content based on JSON.FormUrlEncodedContent: Provides HTTP content for name/value tuples encoded using 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' MIME type.ByteArra圜ontent: Provides HTTP content based on a byte array.

HTTP CLIENT HOW TO

Most examples show how to prepare the StringContent subclass with a JSON payload, but additional subclasses exist for different content (MIME) types. For HTTP verbs (or request methods) that require a body, POST, PUT, and PATCH, you use the HttpContent class to specify the body of the request. The HttpContent type is used to represent an HTTP entity body and corresponding content headers. While there is a synchronous HttpClient.Send method, it is recommended to use the asynchronous APIs instead, unless you have good reason not to. Making HTTP requests is considered network I/O-bound work.

Specifying the HttpClient.DefaultRequestVersion.

Applying a non-default HttpClient.Timeout.

Setting HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.

To apply additional configuration consider: This HttpClient instance will always use the base address when making subsequent requests. As per the guidelines, it's strongly recommended to reuse HttpClient instances during the application's lifecycle.

Instantiates a new HttpClient instance as a static variable.

Private static HttpClient sharedClient = new() HttpClient lifecycle management best practices: For more information, see Guidelines for using HttpClient. To create an HttpClient, use the HttpClient class constructor.

Most of the following examples reuse the same HttpClient instance, and therefore only need to be configured once. All of the source code from this article is available in the GitHub.

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