httpcontent – Tarik Billa

HTTPError Exception Message not displaying when webapi is run on Server vs being run locally

December 1, 2023 by Tarik

I found that these needed to be turned on in the GlobalConfiguration for the webapi itself: 1: config.IncludeErrorDetailPolicy = IncludeErrorDetailPolicy.LocalOnly; 2: config.IncludeErrorDetailPolicy = IncludeErrorDetailPolicy.Always; 3: config.IncludeErrorDetailPolicy = IncludeErrorDetailPolicy.Never; The server actually determines how much detail to display, the default is LocalOnly. Our logging method is not considered local, I guess because it is not actually … Read more

How to set large string inside HttpContent when using HttpClient?

August 19, 2023 by Tarik

I figured it out with the help of my friend. What you would want to do is avoid using FormUrlEncodedContent(), because it has restrictions on the size of the uri. Instead, you can do the following : var jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(post_parameters); var content = new StringContent(jsonString, Encoding.UTF8, “application/json”); Here, we don’t need to use HttpContent … Read more

Retrying HttpClient Unsuccessful Requests

March 1, 2023 by Tarik

Instead of implementing retry functionality that wraps the HttpClient, consider constructing the HttpClient with a HttpMessageHandler that performs the retry logic internally. For example: public class RetryHandler : DelegatingHandler { // Strongly consider limiting the number of retries – “retry forever” is // probably not the most user friendly way you could respond to “the … Read more

Read HttpContent in WebApi controller

January 26, 2023 by Tarik

By design the body content in ASP.NET Web API is treated as forward-only stream that can be read only once. The first read in your case is being done when Web API is binding your model, after that the Request.Content will not return anything. You can remove the contact from your action parameters, get the … Read more

How do I set up HttpContent for my HttpClient PostAsync second parameter?

September 27, 2022 by Tarik

This is answered in some of the answers to Can’t find how to use HttpContent as well as in this blog post. In summary, you can’t directly set up an instance of HttpContent because it is an abstract class. You need to use one the classes derived from it depending on your need. Most likely … Read more

Where is HttpContent.ReadAsAsync?

September 26, 2022 by Tarik

It looks like it is an extension method (in System.Net.Http.Formatting): HttpContentExtensions Class Update: PM> install-package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client According to the System.Net.Http.Formatting NuGet package page, the System.Net.Http.Formatting package is now legacy and can instead be found in the Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client package available on NuGet here.