ASP.NET Core - how to properly make a GET request?

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#HTTP #.NET #C# #url-builder #dotnet-core

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  • RestEase

    Easy-to-use typesafe REST API client library for .NET Standard 1.1 and .NET Framework 4.5 and higher, which is simple and customisable. Inspired by Refit

    Use RestEase to create your own client library. Refit is a very similar and more popular library. IMO RestEase is an improvement over Refit and I prefer it, but either will solve your problems. Both are libs that have you build interfaces describing the API endpoints, then the library handles all the boilerplate code that calls HttpClient.

  • Refit

    The automatic type-safe REST library for .NET Core, Xamarin and .NET. Heavily inspired by Square's Retrofit library, Refit turns your REST API into a live interface.

    Use RestEase to create your own client library. Refit is a very similar and more popular library. IMO RestEase is an improvement over Refit and I prefer it, but either will solve your problems. Both are libs that have you build interfaces describing the API endpoints, then the library handles all the boilerplate code that calls HttpClient.

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  • RestSharp

    Simple REST and HTTP API Client for .NET

    Use RestSharp to create a client library. It requires you to write more code, but it's still a lot less boilerplate than using HttpClient directly.

  • Flurl.Http

    Fluent URL builder and testable HTTP client for .NET

    I would also add flurl to that list https://flurl.dev/. It's an amazing library and can be super helpful for quick one off API calls.

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