When or if to Dispose HttpResponseMessage when calling ReadAsStreamAsync?

Question

I am using the System.Net.Http.HttpClient to do some client-side HTTP communication. I\'ve got all of the HTTP in one spot, abstracted away from the rest of the code. In one

Answer 1

You can also take stream as input parameter, so the caller has complete control over type of the stream as well as its disposal. And now you can also dispose httpResponse before control leaves the method.
Below is the extension method for HttpClient

    public static async Task HttpDownloadStreamAsync(this HttpClient httpClient, string url, Stream output)
    {
        using (var httpResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(url).ConfigureAwait(false))
        {
            // Ensures OK status
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

            // Get response stream
            var result = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);

            await result.CopyToAsync(output).ConfigureAwait(false);
            output.Seek(0L, SeekOrigin.Begin);                
        }
    }