Change default behavior for server errors

[brunocampiol]

Hi,

I am trying to find a way to change default behavior "By default the client will throw ApiException if the server returns an error code"

I know I can easily change the current and next http calls to not throw exceptions by following the example here https://github.com/Pathoschild/FluentHttpClient#handle-errors

But I would like to setup it in startup.cs so that I dont need to manully change it on every class (and every client) that needs to use http.

Any ideias here? Thanks

[Pathoschild]

Hi! Since you have a Startup.cs, I assume you're working on an ASP.NET Core app? If so you can use dependency injection to configure the client in one place.

You can either create a common HTTP client and inject it into your controllers or other classes that need it:

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.AddScoped<IClient>(_ => new FluentClient().SetOptions(ignoreHttpErrors: true));
    }
}

public class SomeController : Controller
{
    private readonly IClient HttpClient;

    public SomeController(IClient httpClient)
    {
        this.HttpClient = httpClient;
    }

    public async Task<ActionResult> Any()
    {
        var result = await this.HttpClient.GetAsync<TResult>("https://...");
        ...
    }
}

Or if you want to configure multiple HTTP clients, you can add an interface which builds clients and pass that in through dependency injection instead:

public interface IClientFactory
{
    IClient GetClient(string baseUrl);
}

Let me know if anything is unclear or doesn't work for your use case!

[brunocampiol]

HI thanks a lot for replying and sorry to delay on feedback.

Yes, I am using net core 3.1 for a web api application. I've tried to follow but I guess I have some differences between the pure FluentHttpClient and the one used in the company. But that's a great answer.

Let me get back to the people who wrote this code. I'll let you know if I need more info.