C# HttpClient tracing stuck

Question

I want to log my request/response but I'm having a problem. My request stuck at some point which I have no idea why.

Inside my controller I've this code

var log = new LoggingHandler();

using (var client = new HttpClient(log))// <-- problem here
{

    string baseUrl = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["apiBaseAddress"];
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri(baseUrl);
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

    foreach (var website in websitesList)
    {
        string stringtime = TimeHandler.GetCurrentDateTime();

        var userModel = new RegisterModel()
        {
           // my user model
        };

        var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
       {
              //encoding model
        });



        try
        {
            HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync("api/UserDetails/Register", content).Result;

            //tResult.URL = response.RequestMessage.RequestUri.OriginalString;
            tResult.URL = website.URL;
            tResult.Result = response.ReasonPhrase;

            var statusCode = response.StatusCode.ToString();

           .
           .
           .
           .
        }

        tResult.TestLog = log.GetLog();//*****

        resultList.Add(tResult);
    }
}

and my LoggingHandler

public class LoggingHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    public LoggingHandler()
        : base(new HttpClientHandler())
    {
    }

    protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {

        sb.AppendLine("Request:");
        sb.AppendLine(request.ToString());
        if (request.Content != null)
        {
            sb.AppendLine(await request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
        }
        sb.AppendLine();

        HttpResponseMessage response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);

        sb.AppendLine("Response:");
        sb.AppendLine(response.ToString());
        if (response.Content != null)
        {
            sb.AppendLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
        }
        sb.AppendLine();

        return response;
    }

    public string GetLog()
    {
        return sb.ToString();
    }
}

My debug stuck at:

HttpResponseMessage response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);

Can someone please put some light and explain me why it's stuck?
Appreciate any help :)

Answer 1

You are mixing synchronous and asynchronous call when you use .Result.

HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync("api/UserDetails/Register", content).Result;

That is what is causing deadlock.

Either go async all the way or not at all.

var response = await client.PostAsync("api/UserDetails/Register", content);