About

Provides extension methods for System.Net.Http.HttpClient and System.Net.Http.HttpContent that facilitate serialization and deserialization of HTTP requests using System.Text.Json.

Key Features

• Extension methods for deserializing HTTP response JSON bodies.
• Extension methods for serializing HTTP request JSON bodies.
• Extension methods for deserializing JSON from HttpContent instances.

How to Use

using System.Net.Http.Json;

using var client = new HttpClient();

// Get the list of all books
Book[] books = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<Book[]>("https://api.contoso.com/books");

// Send a POST request to add a new book
var book = new Book(id: 42, "Title", "Author", publishedYear: 2023);
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync($"https://api.contoso.com/books/{book.id}", book);

if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
    Console.WriteLine("Book added successfully.");
else
    Console.WriteLine($"HTTP request failed with status code: {response.StatusCode}");

public record Book(int id, string title, string author, int publishedYear);

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

• HttpClientJsonExtensions
• HttpContentJsonExtensions

Additional Documentation

• API documentation

Related Packages

• System.Text.Json

Feedback & Contributing

System.Net.Http.Json is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.