Feature Request: Add various extension methods from Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client

[IanKemp]

References:

aspnet/Mvc#1639
#16538

There is a NuGet package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client that provides a whole bunch of useful extension methods to allow you to perform various useful operations on HttpClient and HttpContent instances (HttpContent.ReadAsAsync<T>() and HttpClient.PostAsJsonAsync(string) were my personal favourites). However that package is targeted at ye olde ASP.NET Web API 2, so I don't know how optimal it is for ASP.NET Core (e.g. it has no knowledge of Span<T>) and/or how long it will continue to work with Core (especially since it was last updated over a year ago).

Would it be desirable to add these extensions to ASP.NET Core? If not, is the Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client package the correct and supported way to get those extensions going forward?

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[IanKemp]

@pranavkm I don't think this should be transferred here, the functionality I'm looking for is mostly around very web-specific stuff regarding JSON.

[pranavkm]

@IanKemp the runtime repo is the appropriate place to discuss HttpClient extensibility. Some of your asks might have already been covered by System.Net.Http.Json that was introduced very recently: #32937 (/cc @jozkee)

[IanKemp]

@pranavkm thanks, did not know that. The new APIs you linked to seem like they will cover a lot of my "wants" but I feel like it would be useful to cross-check them against what was/is available in Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client.

[karelz]

@IanKemp can you please help with the cross check? Are there specific APIs which you think are missing?

[karelz]

Triage: Does not seem to be critical for 5.0 -> Future.
Unclear if anything is needed at all.

[karelz]

Unclear what is needed, closing.