What's the “right way” to use HttpClient synchronously?

Question

I used quote marks around \"right way\" because I\'m already well aware that the right way to use an asynchronous API is to simply let the asynchronous behavior propagate th

Answer 1

You could also look at using Nito.AsyncEx, which is a nuget package. I've heard of issues with using Task.Run() and this this addresses that. Here's a link to the api docs: http://dotnetapis.com/pkg/Nito.AsyncEx/4.0.1/net45/doc/Nito.AsyncEx.AsyncContext

And here's an example for using an async method in a console app: https://blog.stephencleary.com/2012/02/async-console-programs.html

Answer 2

Try following-

var task = Task.Run(() => myHttpClient.GetAsync(someUrl)); 
task.Wait();
var response = task.Result;

Use it only when you cannot use async method.

This method is completely deadlock free as mentioned on msdn blog- https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jpsanders/2017/08/28/asp-net-do-not-use-task-result-in-main-context/