--- title: Refit in .NET: Building Robust API Clients in C# | daily.dev description: Refit is a type-safe REST library for .NET that simplifies interacting with APIs by turning them into interfaces. This reduces boilerplate code, handles... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/refit-in-net-building-robust-api-clients-in-c--cglyoxgz4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Refit in .NET: Building Robust API Clients in C# | daily.dev og:description: Refit is a type-safe REST library for .NET that simplifies interacting with APIs by turning them into interfaces. This reduces boilerplate code, handles... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/refit-in-net-building-robust-api-clients-in-c--cglyoxgz4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CGlyOXGz4.png og:image:alt: Refit in .NET: Building Robust API Clients in C# og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Refit in .NET: Building Robust API Clients in C# **[Milan Jovanović](https://daily.dev/sources/milanjovanovic)** · 8 min read · 62 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Refit is a type-safe REST library for .NET that simplifies interacting with APIs by turning them into interfaces. This reduces boilerplate code, handles serialization automatically, and makes API calls more readable and maintainable. The post provides steps to set up Refit, including installing necessary packages, defining an interface for API calls, configuring dependencies, and handling query parameters, headers, and authentication. Refit also offers options for JSON serialization and more control over HTTP responses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@migueldeltorodev** · 0 upvotes > Seems cool, I'll have to try it, thanks! **@bycem1** · 0 upvotes > i prefer httpclient its not complicated to use. **@adriaanp** · 0 upvotes > Does Refit support .NET service discovery? --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api), [#c#](https://daily.dev/tags/c#) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/refit-in-net-building-robust-api-clients-in-c--cglyoxgz4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Refit in .NET: Building Robust API Clients in C#","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/refit-in-net-building-robust-api-clients-in-c--cglyoxgz4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/refit-in-net-building-robust-api-clients-in-c--cglyoxgz4"},"datePublished":"2024-09-06T20:39:12.645Z","dateModified":"2024-11-08T10:29:03.001Z","description":"Refit is a type-safe REST library for .NET that simplifies interacting with APIs by turning them into interfaces. 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