HttpRequestMessageExtensions not being found at run-time in Azure Function

Question

I\'ve got an Azure Function app that creates a precompiled DLL (so it uses normal .cs files, not the older .csx method, pre-VS2017). Previously, it was targeting .Net Framew

Answer 1

I also tested it on my side. The issue is related to the latest version of System.Net.Http assembly(4.3.2). If I don't install this package manually or install the earlier versions(4.3.1/4.3.0), the application could work fine.

The CreateResponse method is a extension method which is written in System.Web.Http assembly(version 5.2.3). It seem that it is not compatible with the latest version of System.Net.Http. Please could just skip the error by using the earlier version of System.Net.Http and you can also submit this issue to Microsoft using follow channel.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Feedback

Interesting. For me, if I got above version 4.0.0 (including 4.1.1 or 4.3.1) I still get the same problem of not finding those extension methods.

The assembly might not be updated during you change the package version. From the bin\Debug\net47 folder, we could check the current assembly version we used.

If the modified date of assembly is 2/9/2017, the package version is 4.3.1. If the modified date of assembly is 4/19/2017, the package version is 4.3.2. If the assembly is not the latest version, it could work fine on my side.

In addition, Microsoft.Asp.Net.WebApi.Client package is installed by default when creating an Azure function. System.Net.Http is one of its dependencies. So we don't need to install the System.Net.Http package manually. When running our application, NuGet will choose a right version of System.Net.Http for our application.