Calling the Dispose method is not required but you can still call it if you need for some reasons. Proof: HttpClient and lifetime management Disposal of the client isn’t required. Disposal cancels outgoing requests and guarantees the given HttpClient instance can’t be used after calling Dispose. IHttpClientFactory tracks and disposes resources used by HttpClient instances. … Read more
Working on this answer lead me to multiple answers. I think the first approach is what you are looking for, the second is a good alternative. In order to configure multiple clients you can use named clients. These clients are registered as transient. Use DI to get the service that has access to the request … Read more
The HttpClientFactory is derived from IHttpClientFactory Interface So it is just a matter of creating a mock of the interface var mockFactory = new Mock<IHttpClientFactory>(); Depending on what you need the client for, you would then need to setup the mock to return a HttpClient for the test. This however requires an actual HttpClient. var … Read more