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IHttpClientFactory and typed HTTP clients for .NET 10 applications. Covers named/typed/keyed clients, DelegatingHandlers, resilience with Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience, and testing patterns. Load this skill when configuring HTTP clients, adding retry/circuit breaker policies, or when the user mentions "HttpClient", "IHttpClientFactory", "AddHttpClient", "typed client", "named client", "DelegatingHandler", "resilience", "retry", "circuit breaker", "hedging", "Polly", "AddStandardResilienceHandler", "socket exhaustion", or "Refit".
npx skill4agent add codewithmukesh/dotnet-claude-kit httpclient-factorynew HttpClient()HttpClientIHttpClientFactory.AddAsKeyed()AddStandardResilienceHandler()builder.Services.AddHttpClient("github", client =>
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.github.com/");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.ParseAdd("MyApp/1.0");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
})
.AddStandardResilienceHandler();
// Usage via factory
public sealed class GitHubService(IHttpClientFactory factory)
{
public async Task<Repo?> GetRepoAsync(string owner, string name, CancellationToken ct)
{
var client = factory.CreateClient("github");
return await client.GetFromJsonAsync<Repo>($"repos/{owner}/{name}", ct);
}
}builder.Services.AddHttpClient("payments", client =>
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.payments.example.com/");
})
.AddStandardResilienceHandler()
.AddAsKeyed(); // Register as keyed scoped service
// Inject directly — no IHttpClientFactory needed
app.MapPost("/charge", async (
[FromKeyedServices("payments")] HttpClient httpClient,
ChargeRequest request,
CancellationToken ct) =>
{
var response = await httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("charges", request, ct);
return response.IsSuccessStatusCode
? TypedResults.Ok()
: TypedResults.Problem("Payment failed");
});builder.Services.ConfigureHttpClientDefaults(b => b.AddAsKeyed());AddStandardResilienceHandler()| Strategy | Default |
|---|---|
| Rate limiter | 1000 concurrent requests |
| Total timeout | 30 seconds |
| Retry | 3 retries, exponential backoff with jitter |
| Circuit breaker | Opens at 10% failure rate |
| Attempt timeout | 10 seconds per attempt |
builder.Services.AddHttpClient("api")
.AddStandardResilienceHandler(options =>
{
options.Retry.MaxRetryAttempts = 5;
options.Retry.Delay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
options.TotalRequestTimeout.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
options.AttemptTimeout.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
// Disable retries for non-idempotent methods
options.Retry.DisableForUnsafeHttpMethods();
});public sealed class AuthenticationHandler(ITokenService tokenService)
: DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var token = await tokenService.GetAccessTokenAsync(cancellationToken);
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
}
}
// Registration
builder.Services.AddTransient<AuthenticationHandler>();
builder.Services.AddHttpClient("api")
.AddHttpMessageHandler<AuthenticationHandler>()
.AddStandardResilienceHandler();public sealed class CorrelationIdHandler(IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor)
: DelegatingHandler
{
protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
if (httpContextAccessor.HttpContext?.Request.Headers
.TryGetValue("X-Correlation-Id", out var correlationId) is true)
{
request.Headers.Add("X-Correlation-Id", correlationId.ToString());
}
return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
}
}builder.Services.AddHttpClient("advanced")
.UseSocketsHttpHandler((handler, _) =>
{
handler.PooledConnectionLifetime = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2);
handler.PooledConnectionIdleTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
handler.MaxConnectionsPerServer = 100;
handler.AutomaticDecompression =
DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Brotli;
});public sealed class MockHttpHandler(
HttpStatusCode statusCode,
string content) : HttpMessageHandler
{
protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(statusCode)
{
Content = new StringContent(content, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
});
}
}
// In test
var handler = new MockHttpHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, """{"id":1}""");
var client = new HttpClient(handler) { BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.test/") };
var service = new MyService(client);// BAD — socket exhaustion under load, ignores DNS changes
public async Task<string> GetDataAsync()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
return await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.example.com/data");
}
// GOOD — factory-managed
public async Task<string> GetDataAsync(CancellationToken ct)
{
var client = factory.CreateClient("api");
return await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.example.com/data", ct);
}// BAD — transient HttpClient captured by singleton defeats handler rotation
services.AddSingleton<MySingletonService>();
services.AddHttpClient<MySingletonService>();
// GOOD — use keyed client or IHttpClientFactory in singletons
services.AddSingleton<MySingletonService>();
services.AddHttpClient("myservice").AddAsKeyed(ServiceLifetime.Singleton);// BAD — not thread-safe
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
// GOOD — use DelegatingHandler or per-request HttpRequestMessage
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "/api/data");
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
await httpClient.SendAsync(request, ct);// BAD — no cancellation support
var result = await httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<Order>("/orders/1");
// GOOD — always pass CancellationToken
var result = await httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<Order>("/orders/1", cancellationToken);// BAD — conflicting resilience strategies
builder.AddStandardResilienceHandler();
builder.AddStandardHedgingHandler();
// GOOD — one standard handler, or a custom pipeline
builder.AddStandardResilienceHandler();| Scenario | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| New .NET 10 project | Keyed clients with |
| Singleton service needs HttpClient | Named client via |
| External API calls | |
| Auth token injection | |
| Hedging (parallel requests) | |
| Non-idempotent methods | |
| Custom retry logic | |
| Connection pooling control | |
| API client generation | Refit with |
| Integration testing | Custom |