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StackExchange.Utils.Http

Http is a helper class for making HttpClient calls. The send, deserialization, options, and verb portions are exchangable. Some examples:

POSTing a string and expecting a string:

var result = await Http.Request("https://example.com")
                       .SendPlaintext("test")
                       .ExpectString()
                       .PostAsync();

POSTing JSON and expecting protobuf back:

var result = await Http.Request("https://example.com")
                       .SendJson(new { name = "my thing" })
                       .ExpectProtobuf<MyType>()
                       .PostAsync();

Sending nothing and GETing JSON back:

var result = await Http.Request("https://example.com")
                       .ExpectJson<MyType>()
                       .GetAsync();

Sending nothing and GETing JSON back, with a timeout, ignoring 404 responses:

var result = await Http.Request("https://example.com")
                       .IgnoredResponseStatuses(HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
                       .WithTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20))
                       .ExpectJson<MyType>()
                       .GetAsync();
// Handle the response:
if (result.Success)
{
    //result.Data is MyType, deserialized from the returned JSON
}
else
{
    // result.Error
    // result.StatusCode
    // result.RawRequest
    // result.RawResponse
}

License

StackExchange.Utils is licensed under the MIT license.