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Mandar Dharmadhikari

Mandar is an experienced pro-code and low-code cloud solutions architect with more than a decade of expertise in building lines of business services and systems integration across insurance and banking verticals. He enjoys marrying business needs with appropriate technologies to deliver business value. He also enjoys mentoring colleagues and has managed small and medium-sized teams. He works mainly on systems built using .NET, C#, and Python. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and learning new software engineering concepts.

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How to Set a Default User-Agent on an HttpClient in C#

Updated Date Oct 18, 2026 | HttpClient

HttpClient sends no User-Agent header unless we add one. We can set it on a single HttpRequestMessage, or set it once on the client's DefaultRequestHeaders so that every request it sends carries the same value. We'll look at what the header holds first, then set it...