Networking

Making HTTP requests in .NET is straightforward with HttpClient, but the patterns around it - managing client lifetimes, serializing request/response bodies, handling retries, uploading files - add up to a lot of repetitive code. And if you get HttpClient lifetime management wrong, you'll hit socket exhaustion in production.

MADE.Networking provides typed HTTP request handlers that wrap HttpClient with built-in JSON serialization, integrates with IHttpClientFactory for proper lifetime management, and includes retry handling and file upload support.

dotnet add package MADE.Networking

What's included

Guide	What it covers
Getting started	INetworkRequestFactory registration, creating requests, and using named clients.
Request types	JsonGetNetworkRequest, JsonPostNetworkRequest, JsonPutNetworkRequest, JsonPatchNetworkRequest, JsonDeleteNetworkRequest, and StreamGetNetworkRequest.
File uploads	MultipartFormDataPostNetworkRequest for uploading files with form data.
Retry handling	RetryDelegatingHandler for automatic retry with exponential backoff.
Request manager	NetworkRequestManager for queuing and managing concurrent requests with callbacks.

When to use this package

• You want typed HTTP requests that automatically serialize/deserialize JSON without manual JsonSerializer calls at every call site.
• You need IHttpClientFactory integration without the boilerplate of creating and configuring clients.
• You want built-in retry with exponential backoff for transient HTTP failures.
• You need file upload support with multipart form data.

Important: Never create HttpClient instances manually with new HttpClient() in production code. This leads to socket exhaustion. Use INetworkRequestFactory or IHttpClientFactory to manage client lifetimes correctly.

Quick example

// Registration
services.AddNetworkRequestFactory();

// Usage
public class ProductService(INetworkRequestFactory requestFactory)
{
    public async Task<Product> GetProductAsync(int id)
    {
        var request = requestFactory.Get($"https://api.example.com/products/{id}");
        return await request.ExecuteAsync<Product>();
    }

    public async Task<Product> CreateProductAsync(Product product)
    {
        var request = requestFactory.Post(
            "https://api.example.com/products",
            JsonSerializer.Serialize(product));
        return await request.ExecuteAsync<Product>();
    }
}