Httpclient This instance has already started one or more requests. Properties can only be modified before sending the first request

Question

I am creating an application in .Net Core 2.1 and I am using http client for web requests. The issue is I have to send parallel calls to save time and for that I am using Task.W

Answer 1

The issue is caused by resetting BaseAddress and headers for the same instance of the httpclient.

I tried

if (_httpClient.BaseAddress == null) 

but I am not keen on this.

In my opinion, a better soloution is to use the httpclientFactory. This will terminate and garbage collect the instance of the httpclient after its use.

private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
public Foo (IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory) 
{
_httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
}
public  httpresponse Bar ()
{
_httpClient = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient(command.ClientId);

using var response = await _httpclient.PostAsync(uri,content);
return response;
// here as there is no more reference to the _httpclient, the garbage collector will clean 
// up the _httpclient and release that instance. Next time the method is called a new 
// instance of the _httpclient is created
}