Modify request headers per request C# HttpClient PCL

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coalmee picture coalmee · May 7, 2014 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

I'm currently using the System.Net.Http.HttpClient for cross platform support.

I read that it is not a good practice to instantiate a HttpClient object for each request and that you should reuse it whenever possible.

Now I have a problem while writing a client library for a service. Some API calls need to have a specific header, some MUST not include this specific header.

It seems that I can only manipulate the "DefaultRequestHeaders" which will be send with each request.

Is there an option when actually making the request with e.g. "client.PostAsync()" to modify the headers only for the specific request?

(Info: Requests can be multi threaded).

Thanks in advance!

Answer

Darrel Miller picture Darrel Miller · May 7, 2014

Yes, you can create a new HttpRequestMessage, set all the properties you need to, and then pass it to SendAsync.

var request = new HttpRequestMessage() {
   RequestUri = new Uri("http://example.org"),
   Method = HttpMethod.Post,
   Content = new StringContent("Here is my content")
}
request.Headers.Accept.Add(...);  // Set whatever headers you need to

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

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