HTTP AutoClient NuGet package content

[IEvangelist]

Summary

Content for the Microsoft.Extensions.Http.AutoClient NuGet package.

Fixes #36947

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docs/fundamentals/networking/http/http-autoclient.md	Use the REST API HTTP client generator
docs/fundamentals/networking/http/httpclient.md	Make HTTP requests with the HttpClient

[BillWagner]

I had a couple small nits, but this is ready to go.

[valentinmarinro]

Hi @IEvangelist what is the status of Microsoft.Extensions.Http.AutoClient it will still be shipped or it is discontinued, we are already using it in a production ready application and I really love it, but if it will be discontinued I will need to find alternative solutions.

[gewarren]

@joperezr FYI

[joperezr]

Hi @valentinmarinro, thanks for your question. We decided to not ship Microsoft.Extensions.AutoClient. You should consider using Refit library instead. The API surface is super similar so it should feel familiar and it should also be very straight forward to port your existing code.

[valentinmarinro]

@joperezr thank you for the quick answer, any reasons why, it looked so beautiful and AOT compatible

[joperezr]

Main reason was the one shared above, which is when we had a closer look on Refit and reached out to the maintainers of it, it felt like its features were very closely-aligned with AutoClient, so it didn't make sense to introduce a new library when there was an existing one that would meet the same needs. In terms of the AOT-compatibility, we also discussed with the maintainers the possibility of helping Refit become AOT compatible by swapping their use of reflection for source-gen like AutoClient instead, and they seemed to be okay with us contributing that.