richardszalay/mockhttp

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A testing library for .NET that replaces HttpClient's HttpMessageHandler with a mock handler, letting you configure canned responses via a fluent API. It supports both repeatable backend definitions and ordered one-shot request expectations, inspired by AngularJS's $httpBackend.

Use cases

• mock http responses in unit tests
• test a service layer without network calls
• stub HttpClient requests with canned JSON
• verify expected HTTP requests were made
• simulate API responses in dotnet tests

When to choose

• you use HttpClient in .NET and need deterministic offline tests
• you want fluent request matching with URL, method, and content constraints
• you need expectation-based verification of call order and counts

When to avoid

• you need to mock non-.NET HTTP clients
• you want full integration tests against a real or spun-up HTTP server
• your tests target other HTTP stacks like RestSharp

Facets

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mocking testing http-client testing developer-tools apis dotnet cross-platform httpclient unit-testing fluent-api stubbing http-message-handler

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