Remove http client logging handler in ASP.NET Core

Question

When using the HttpClientFactory of .NET Core, is it possible to somehow remove the default LoggingHttpMessageHandler?

I expect something like the below but it doesn't seem to exists

services.AddHttpClient("minos")
   .RemoveHttpMessageHandler<LoggingHttpMessageHandler>();

Answer 1

Just for anyone needing this, I had opened an issue on the GitHub repo, and one of the contributors had replied with the following

services.RemoveAll<IHttpMessageHandlerBuilderFilter>();

1. Just Add this line AFTER the adding of the HttpClient
2. Make sure to use Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions namespace

https://github.com/aspnet/HttpClientFactory/issues/196#issuecomment-432755765

Answer 2

You can configure it in appsettings.json by setting HttpClient's log level to none:

However, this will also enable informational messages from all other components in the System root namespace. Therefore it may be better to configure the logging by limiting the configuration to “System.Net.Http.HttpClient” so that you only add in the messages from the HTTP requests through clients created via the HttpClientFactory:

    {
      "Logging": {
        "LogLevel": {
          "Default": "Warning",
          "System.Net.Http.HttpClient": "Information"
        }
      }
    }

https://www.stevejgordon.co.uk/httpclientfactory-asp-net-core-logging