Convert Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpRequest to HttpRequestMessage

Question

I need to convert Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpRequest from an AspNetCore context to an HttpRequestMessage to pass to an HttpClient. Is there

Answer 1

Both IHttpRequestMessageFeature and Microsoft.AspNetCore.Proxy are discontinued. IHttpRequestMessageFeature has been removed since ASP.NET Core 3.0.

Microsoft now has a new reverse proxy nuget package Microsoft.ReverseProxy based on ASP.NET Core infrastructure. As per their docs, IHttpProxy for direct proxying scenario can:

serve as the core proxy adapter between incoming AspNetCore and outgoing System.Net.Http requests. It handles the mechanics of creating a HttpRequestMessage from a HttpContext, sending it, and relaying the response.

Here is an example.