Release v1.0.0

[1.0.0] - July 2026

Breaking Changes

• ImageWebResponse removed — image responses are now handled by BinaryWebResponse. Use GetStream() to access the image data.
• WebResponseFactory redesigned — was a static class with static methods and a SupportedContentTypes dictionary; now an instantiable class implementing IWebResponseFactory, injectable into WebClient. Custom content types are now provided via IContentTypeHandler implementations passed to the WebResponseFactory constructor.
• HtmlForm.Load() signature changed — the KeyValuePair<string, string> identifying attribute parameter replaced with two explicit string attributeName, string attributeValue parameters.
• WebRequest.IsXmlHttpRequest removed — add the X-Requested-With header manually via the Headers collection if needed.
• PlaintextWebResponse renamed to PlainTextWebResponse (capital T).
• Namespaces reorganized:
  • Request classes (WebRequest, GetWebRequest, PostWebRequest, WebRequestType) moved to NScrape.Requests
  • Response classes moved to NScrape.Responses
  • Interfaces moved to NScrape.Interfaces
• Target framework updated — now targets .NET 8.0 (previously .NET Standard 2.0).

New Features

• Proxy support — IWebProxy Proxy property added to both WebClient and WebRequest. Request-level proxy takes precedence over client-level; if neither is set, system default proxy settings are preserved.
• Dependency injection support — WebClient now accepts IWebResponseFactory via constructor.
• Extensible content type handling — implement IContentTypeHandler to handle additional or override existing content types.
• Expanded default content type support — added audio/, video/, font/, and numerous application/* binary types; added application/ld+json, application/atom+xml, application/rss+xml, application/xhtml+xml.

Improvements

• Simplified disposal pattern across response hierarchy — single DisposeResources() virtual method replaces the previous managed/unmanaged split with finalizer.
• Removed System.Drawing.Common dependency for cross-platform compatibility.
• Modernized codebase — file-scoped namespaces, expression-bodied members, ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(), target-typed new().