How do I set a cookie on HttpClient's HttpRequestMessage

Question

I am trying to use the web api\'s HttpClient to do a post to an endpoint that requires login in the form of an HTTP cookie that identifies an account (this is o

Answer 1

For me the simple solution works to set cookies in HttpRequestMessage object.

protected async Task SendRequest(HttpRequestMessage requestMessage, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
{
    requestMessage.Headers.Add("Cookie", $"=;=");

    return await _httpClient.SendAsync(requestMessage, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
}