add AuthenticateClientAsync

[prabirshrestha]

add AuthenticateClientAsync too so http requests can be done in an async fashion.

[PureKrome]

I know this is a really old issue, but as I get myself off RestSharp and onto HttpClient ... i've noticed that HttpClient only offer async methods.

Should we do the same thing here, then?

I'm worried it might mean some people might not know how to use/consume this?

I don't need to have an async controller/module to call the async method .. correct?

@phillip-haydon i'm dragging you into this conversation for your thoughts, also.

[phillip-haydon]

What .NET version do we currently want to target minimum?

[PureKrome]

This line of code says it's .NET 4.0.

Is the System.Net.HttpClient class .NET 4.0+ ? or just 4.5?

[phillip-haydon]

Pretty sure its 4.5

[PureKrome]

Offical NuGet package.

Supported Platforms:

• .NET Framework 4
• .NET for Windows Store apps
• Windows Phone 7.5 and 8
• Silverlight 4 and 5
• Portable Class Libraries

[prabirshrestha]

@PureKrome remove all the sync functions and return Task (though this would be breaking change). It will support .net 4.0 if you don't use async/await.

If they want sync they can use AuthenticateClientAsync().Result which will be useful during migration.

[phillip-haydon]

If that's the case when we should support 4.0. Atleast for V1. We can decide at V2 when we introduce Claims and Owin if we should go 4.5 only.

[PureKrome]

@prabirshrestha now that i've finally learnt async/await, this is now scheduled on the 2.0 release. (I have it nearly working on a branch on my localhost, btw).