REST API Consumption — Gotchas & Best Practices

Common Mistakes

1. Creating HttpClient per request

// ❌ Creates socket exhaustion — each instance opens a new connection
public async Task<List<Item>> GetItemsAsync()
{
    using var client = new HttpClient();
    var response = await client.GetAsync("https://api.example.com/items");
    // ...
}

// ✅ Register once in DI, inject everywhere
builder.Services.AddSingleton(sp => new HttpClient
{
    BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.example.com")