NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle

Support headers when downloading appcast

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#640 opened on Mar 25, 2025

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Description

I just migrated fom Winsparkle because I needed fine grained control over download and it worked like a charm. However I noticed a little feature which helped me to figure out users how many users didn't upgrade yet. WinSparke used to set the user agent with the app name and version for the appcast get request. Would you mind adding a property to set the headers to pass to the inner HttpClient so achieve the same feature?

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Examine the NetSparkle codebase to find where the HTTP client is instantiated and used for downloading the appcast. Identify how to add a configurable headers dictionary that can be passed to the client.
Tech stack
csharp
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api
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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C#HTTP
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70