Class HttpClientExtensions

Namespace

AiDotNet.Extensions

Assembly

AiDotNet.dll

Extension methods for HttpClient providing cross-platform compatibility.

public static class HttpClientExtensions

Inheritance

object

HttpClientExtensions

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Methods

GetByteArrayWithCancellationAsync(HttpClient, string, CancellationToken)

Downloads the content at the specified URL as a byte array with cancellation support.

public static Task<byte[]> GetByteArrayWithCancellationAsync(this HttpClient client, string requestUri, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)

Parameters

client HttpClient

The HTTP client.

requestUri string

The URL to download from.

cancellationToken CancellationToken

The cancellation token.

Returns

Task<byte[]>

The downloaded bytes.

Remarks

This extension provides a unified API for downloading byte arrays with cancellation support across all .NET target frameworks. In .NET 5+, the native overload is used. In older frameworks, GetAsync with cancellation is used followed by ReadAsByteArrayAsync.