c# httpclient best practices code example

Example: httpclient c# sample

// HttpClient is intended to be instantiated once per application, rather than per-use. See Remarks.
static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

static async Task Main()
{
  // Call asynchronous network methods in a try/catch block to handle exceptions.
  try	
  {
     HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("http://www.contoso.com/");
     response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
     string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
     // Above three lines can be replaced with new helper method below
     // string responseBody = await client.GetStringAsync(uri);

     Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
  }
  catch(HttpRequestException e)
  {
     Console.WriteLine("\nException Caught!");	
     Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ",e.Message);
  }
}