Thursday, November 2, 2023

Comparison of HTTP libraries

In .NET applications, we often need to make HTTP calls. In these cases, we can use the standard HttpClient class or some other library. For example, I have already used Refit and RestSharp. But I have never decided which one to use. Always the library was already utilized in the project I was working with. Therefore, I decided to compare these libraries to form my own meaningful opinion, which one is better and why. This is what I will do in this article.

But how should I compare these libraries? I have no doubt that they all can send HTTP requests and receive responses. After all, these libraries wouldn't have become so popular if they couldn't do that. Therefore, I'm more interested in additional features that are in demand in large corporative applications.

Ok, let's start.