Delegating handlers are like ASP.NET Core middleware. Except they work with the HttpClient
. The ASP.NET Core request pipeline allows you to introduce custom behavior with middleware. You can solve many cross-cutting concerns using middleware — logging, tracing, validation, authentication, authorization, etc.
But, an important aspect here is that middleware works with incoming HTTP requests to your API. Delegating handlers work with outgoing requests.
Read more here
https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/extending-httpclient-with-delegating-handlers-in-aspnetcore
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