Http BuildR

Requests and responses, standard library only.

A fluent builder for HttpRequestMessage and HttpResponseMessage built on System.Net.Http alone, with no dependencies and no wrapper types.

dotnet add package HttpBuildR.Request

Why?

HttpRequestMessage and HttpResponseMessage are awkward to build by hand. Headers, content and version each need their own line, and the result is a block of setup code that says nothing about the request itself.

This library turns those assignments into a chain,

using HttpBuildR;

HttpRequestMessage request = HttpMethod.Post
    .To("https://api.example.com/widgets")
    .WithBearerToken(token)
    .WithAccept("application/json")
    .WithJsonContent(widget);

which is the same object a hand written version would produce,

POST https://api.example.com/widgets HTTP/2.0
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

Every method returns a HttpRequestMessage, so the chain can be passed, reassigned or built in stages.

What it does not do

• It does not send anything. A HttpRequestMessage is still handed to an HttpClient
• It does not add a client, retry policy, caching or middleware
• It does not replace System.Net.Http; it is extension methods on the types that already exist

See also

• Request Overview - building a request
• Request Headers - every header helper
• Response Overview - the same pattern for responses, which is a separate HttpBuildR.Response package