# fetch-and-send-data

Guides API calls and asynchronous data loading in Blazor components. Use it when configuring HttpClient, loading states, or error handling.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3100 installs · ★ 5730
- Author: dotnet
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dotnet/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dotnet-blazor/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

This skill guides data access choices by Blazor interactivity mode. Static SSR and Server components can inject services or `DbContext`; WebAssembly uses `HttpClient` for API access, while Auto goes through an API on both server and browser.

It covers named and typed `HttpClient` registration, loading data in `OnInitializedAsync`, and rendering a loading state. With prerendered WebAssembly or Auto, register `HttpClient` in both the server and `.Client` `Program.cs` files.

\`ErrorBoundary` is the default path for unhandled errors, with exception details logged through `ILogger`. `ComponentBase` swallows `OperationCanceledException`, so a timeout can leave a component loading; that is a reason to add timeout-specific handling when a retry message matters.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill fetch-and-send-data -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/fetch-and-send-data/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill fetch-and-send-data -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill fetch-and-send-data -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dotnet/skills fetch-and-send-data
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill fetch-and-send-data -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dotnet/skills --path plugins/dotnet-blazor/skills/fetch-and-send-data
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill fetch-and-send-data -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/dotnet/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dotnet-blazor/skills/fetch-and-send-data/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- load API data into a Blazor component
- submit component data to an API
- render loading feedback in Static SSR
- register `HttpClient` for WebAssembly or Auto
- reload data when a route parameter changes

## Example prompts
- "Add API product loading to this Blazor component with `HttpClient`."
- "Configure a typed `HttpClient` for Auto mode with prerendering."
- "Reload the list in `OnParametersSetAsync` when `CategoryId` changes."

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
license: MIT
name: fetch-and-send-data
description: Call APIs, load data into components, and handle the async lifecycle in Blazor. USE FOR fetching data from a backend, submitting data to an API, displaying loading/error states, registering HttpClient, building service abstractions for Auto/WebAssembly render modes. DO NOT USE for form validation (see collect-user-input), prerendering persistence (see support-prerendering), or project scaffolding (see create-blazor-project).
---

# Fetch and Send Data

## Step 1 — Read AGENTS.md

Check **Interactivity Mode** and **Scope**:

| Mode | Data access |
|------|-------------|
| None (Static SSR) | Server-side: inject services/`DbContext`. Use `[StreamRendering]` for loading UX. |
| Server | Server-side: inject services/`DbContext`. Guard prerender with `??=` + `[PersistentState]`. |
| WebAssembly | Browser-side: `HttpClient` only. No direct server access. |
| Auto | Both server and browser. Always go through an API. |

## Step 2 — Register HttpClient

Only needed when calling external APIs from Server, or always for WebAssembly/Auto. Server components accessing their own database should inject `DbContext` or a service directly.

```csharp
// Named client — requires Microsoft.Extensions.Http NuGet
builder.Services.AddHttpClient("CatalogAPI", client =>
{
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.example.com/");
});

// Typed client
builder.Services.AddHttpClient<CatalogClient>(client =>
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.example.com/"));
```

For WebAssembly/Auto with prerendering, register in **both** server and `.Client` `Program.cs`.

## Step 3 — Fetch Data

### Simple load

```razor
@page "/products"
@inject CatalogClient Catalog

@if (products is null)
{
    <p>Loading…</p>
}
else
{
    @foreach (var p in products)
    {
        <p>@p.Name — @p.Price.ToString("C")</p>
    }
}

@code {
    private Product[]? products;

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        products = await Catalog.GetProductsAsync();
    }
}
```

No error handling needed in the simplest case — wrap the component usage in `<ErrorBoundary>` at the parent/layout level to catch unhandled exceptions.

### Static SSR — StreamRendering

Without `[StreamRendering]`, the user sees nothing until `OnInitializedAsync` completes:

```razor
@attribute [StreamRendering]
```

Only affects Static SSR. No effect on interactive components.

### Prerendering guard

Prerendering calls `OnInitializedAsync` twice. Skip the duplicate:

```csharp
[PersistentState] private Product[]? products;

protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
{
    products ??= await Catalog.GetProductsAsync();
}
```

See the `support-prerendering` skill for details.

## Step 4 — Handle Errors
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