Category Archives: .net

HttpClient follow 302 redirects with .NET Core

Posted on September 6, 2021 by briancaos

The HttpClient in .NET Core will not automatically follow a 302 (or 301) redirect. You need to specify that you allow this. use the HttpClientHandler to do this: Now your code will follow up to 2 redirections. Please note that … Continue reading →

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C# Remove Duplicates from List with LINQ

Posted on July 2, 2021 by briancaos

C# LINQ do have a Distinct() method that works on simple types: For non-simple types, you have 2 options, but first lets make a non-simple type, a class: OPTION 1: IMPLEMENT AN EQUALITYCOMPARER The equalitycomparer is a class that is … Continue reading →

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Read and Write blob file from Microsoft Azure Storage with .NET Core

Posted on June 29, 2021 by briancaos

The documentation on the Azure Storage Blobs are a little fuzzy, as the NuGet packages and the approach have changed over time. The latest NuGet Package is now called: Azure.Storage.Blobs The concept of blob storages are the same though: You … Continue reading →

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Read and Write Azure Queue with .NET Core

Posted on June 17, 2021 by briancaos

The documentation around Azure Queues and .NET Core is a little fuzzy, as the approach have changed slightly over the last updates. Previously you had a shared Storage Account NuGet Package that gave access to Queues, Blob Storage and Table … Continue reading →

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Azure.Storage.Queues QueueMessage Deserialize JSON with .NET Core

Posted on June 16, 2021 by briancaos

The documentation around .NET QueueMessage is a little fuzzy so depending on the version of your NuGet libraries might differ in properties. This article uses the Azure.Storage.Queues, Version=12.7.0.0. If you, like me, have systems writing JSON messages to the queue, … Continue reading →

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C# Using Dapper as your SQL framework in .NET Core

Posted on June 11, 2021 by briancaos

Dapper is a easy to use object mapper for .NET and .NET Core, an it can be used a variety of ways. I use Dapper instead of Entity Framework because it makes my code less complex. BASICS OF DAPPER: THE … Continue reading →

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C# Remove specific Querystring parameters from URL

Posted on May 11, 2021 by briancaos

These 2 extension methods will remove specific query string parameters from an URL in a safe manner. METHOD #1: SPECIFY THE PARAMETERS THAT SHOULD GO (NEGATIVE LIST): Usage/Test cases: METHOD #2: SPECIFY THE PARAMETERS THAT MAY STAY (POSITIVE LIST): Usage/Test … Continue reading →

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C# Newtonsoft camelCasing the serialized JSON output

Posted on March 4, 2021 by briancaos

JSON love to be camelCased, while the C# Model class hates it. This comes down to coding style, which is – among developers – taken more seriously than politics and religion. But fear not, with Newtonsoft (or is it newtonSoft … Continue reading →

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Simple C# MemoryCache implementation – Understand the SizeLimit property

Posted on February 16, 2021 by briancaos

The .NET Core IMemoryCache is probably the simplest cache there is, and it is very easy to use, once you get your head around the weird SizeLimit property. Especially when using the nice extension methods in this NuGet package: Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory … Continue reading →

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Write to file from multiple threads async with C# and .NET Core

Posted on January 12, 2021 by briancaos

There are several patterns on how to allow multiple threads to write to the same file. the ReaderWriterLock class is invented for this purpose. Another classic is using semaphors and the lock statement to lock a shared resource. This article … Continue reading →

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