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How to reset settings in c# httpClient?

In c#, I make get and post requests. This is my code

GET

private async Task<string> GetAsync(string uri, Token token, string accept, string content_type)
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(accept)); // ACCEPT header
bool added = client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", "text/xml");
if (token != null) client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(token.token_type, token.access_token);

HttpResponseMessage g = await client.GetAsync(uri);
if (g.IsSuccessStatusCode)

return await g.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

else

errors.AddError(g.ReasonPhrase, await g.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
return null;

}


POST

private async Task<string> PostAsync(string uri, Token token, string postData, string accept, string content_type)
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(accept)); // ACCEPT header
if (token != null) client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(token.token_type, token.access_token);

var content = new StringContent(postData, Encoding.UTF8, content_type);

HttpResponseMessage g = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
if (g.IsSuccessStatusCode)

return await g.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

else

errors.AddError(g.ReasonPhrase, await g.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
return null;

}


But I read that you should reuse the httpclient like this

private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();


as I make lots of frequent requests. However if I re-use the object, the settings like headers persist and that causes issues. Is there a way I can just reset the settings but keep the object?

Thanks

async

await

client.GetAsync(uri).Result

1 Answer
1

Don't use the HttpClient's default headers. Set the headers on the request:

var content = new StringContent(postData, Encoding.UTF8, content_type) // CONTENT-TYPE header
content.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(accept)); // ACCEPT header
if (token != null)
content.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(token.token_type, token.access_token);


Then all threads can use the same HttpClient throughout the runtime of the application without issue.

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