Add method CreateHttpClientFactory

src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Http/WireMockHttpClientFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright © WireMock.Net
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+using System;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using WireMock.Server;
+
+namespace WireMock.Http;
+
+internal class WireMockHttpClientFactory(WireMockServer server, params DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : IHttpClientFactory
+{
+    private readonly Lazy<HttpClient> _lazyHttpClient = new(() => server.CreateClient());
+
+    public HttpClient CreateClient(string name)
+    {
+        return handlers.Length > 0 ? server.CreateClient(handlers) : _lazyHttpClient.Value;
+    }
+}
+#endif

src/WireMock.Net.Minimal/Server/WireMockServer.cs

@@ -120,6 +120,32 @@
     #endregion
 
     #region HttpClient
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+    private readonly Lazy<IHttpClientFactory> _lazyHttpClientFactory;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Create a <see cref="IHttpClientFactory"/> which can be used to generate a HttpClient to call this instance.
+    /// <param name="handlers">
+    /// An ordered list of System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler instances to be invoked
+    /// as an System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage travels from the System.Net.Http.HttpClient
+    /// to the network and an System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage travels from the network
+    /// back to System.Net.Http.HttpClient. The handlers are invoked in a top-down fashion.
+    /// That is, the first entry is invoked first for an outbound request message but
+    /// last for an inbound response message.
+    /// </param>
+    /// </summary>
+    [PublicAPI]
+    public IHttpClientFactory CreateHttpClientFactory(params DelegatingHandler[] handlers)
+    {
+        if (!IsStarted)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to create IHttpClientFactory because the service is not started.");
+        }
+
+        return handlers.Length > 0 ? new WireMockHttpClientFactory(this, handlers) : _lazyHttpClientFactory.Value;
+    }
+#endif
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Create a <see cref="HttpClient"/> which can be used to call this instance.
     /// <param name="handlers">
@@ -427,6 +453,10 @@
         }
 
         InitSettings(settings);
+
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+        _lazyHttpClientFactory = new Lazy<IHttpClientFactory>(() => new WireMockHttpClientFactory(this));
+#endif
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockServer.Stop" />

test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMockServer.Admin.cs

@@ -560,6 +560,30 @@ public async Task WireMockServer_Admin_DeleteMappings()
         Check.That(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)).Equals($"{{\"Status\":\"Mappings deleted. Affected GUIDs: [{guid1}, {guid2}]\"}}");
     }
 
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task WireMockServer_CreateHttpClientFactory_And_CallEndpoint()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var server = WireMockServer.Start();
+        var factory = server.CreateHttpClientFactory();
+        var client = factory.CreateClient("any name");
+
+        // Act
+        await client.GetAsync($"{server.Url}/foo").ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Assert
+        Check.That(server.LogEntries).HasSize(1);
+        var requestLogged = server.LogEntries.First();
+        Check.That(requestLogged.RequestMessage.Method).IsEqualTo("GET");
+        Check.That(requestLogged.RequestMessage.BodyData).IsNull();
+
+        // Cleanup
+        server.Stop();
+        server.Dispose();
+    }
+#endif
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task WireMockServer_CreateClient_And_CallEndpoint()
     {