HTTPClient getting two 401s before success (sending wrong token)

Question

I\'m trying to communicate with a self-hosted WebAPI client using HttpClient. The client is created with the following code:

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Answer 1

the default behavior where it only sends credentials after receiving an HTTP 401 Not Authorized response.

Manually adding the credentials header seems to be the best solution available.

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