.NET HttpClient: How to set the request method dynamically?
<p>How can one use HttpClient and set the method dynamically without having to do something like:</p>

<pre><code>    public async Task&lt;HttpResponseMessage&gt; DoRequest(string url, HttpContent content, string method)
    {
        HttpResponseMessage response;

        using (var client = new HttpClient())
        {
            switch (method.ToUpper())
            {
                case "POST":
                    response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
                    break;
                case "GET":
                    response = await client.GetAsync(url);
                    break;
                default:
                    response = null;
                    // Unsupported method exception etc.
                    break;
            }
        }

        return response;
    }
</code></pre>

<p>At the moment it looks like you would have to use:</p>

<pre><code>HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
req.Method = "POST";
</code></pre>