Updated to version 10.8.0

CryptoExchange.Net.UnitTests/TestImplementations/TestRestClient.cs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.UnitTests.TestImplementations
             var request = new Mock<IRequest>();
             request.Setup(c => c.Uri).Returns(new Uri("http://www.test.com"));
             request.Setup(c => c.GetResponseAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>())).Returns(Task.FromResult(response.Object));
-            request.Setup(c => c.SetContent(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>())).Callback(new Action<string, string>((content, type) => { request.Setup(r => r.Content).Returns(content); }));
+            request.Setup(c => c.SetContent(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<Encoding>(), It.IsAny<string>())).Callback(new Action<string, Encoding, string>((content, encoding, type) => { request.Setup(r => r.Content).Returns(content); }));
             request.Setup(c => c.AddHeader(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>())).Callback<string, string>((key, val) => headers.Add(key, new string[] { val }));
             request.Setup(c => c.GetHeaders()).Returns(() => headers);
 

CryptoExchange.Net/Clients/RestApiClient.cs

@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Clients
             { new HttpMethod("Patch"), HttpMethodParameterPosition.InBody },
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encoding/charset for the ContentType header
+        /// </summary>
+        protected Encoding? RequestBodyContentEncoding { get; set; } = Encoding.UTF8;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether to omit the ContentType header if there is no content
+        /// </summary>
+        protected bool OmitContentTypeHeaderWithoutContent { get; set; } = false;
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public new RestExchangeOptions ClientOptions => (RestExchangeOptions)base.ClientOptions;
 
@@ -374,7 +384,11 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Clients
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(queryString) && !queryString.StartsWith("?"))
                 queryString = $"?{queryString}";
 
-            var uri = new Uri(baseAddress.AppendPath(definition.Path) + queryString);
+            var path = baseAddress.AppendPath(definition.Path);
+            if (definition.ForcePathEndWithSlash == true && !path.EndsWith("/"))
+                path += "/";
+
+            var uri = new Uri(path + queryString);
             var request = RequestFactory.Create(ClientOptions.HttpVersion, definition.Method, uri, requestId);
             request.Accept = MessageHandler.AcceptHeader;
 
@@ -398,14 +412,14 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Clients
                 var bodyContent = requestConfiguration.GetBodyContent();
                 if (bodyContent != null)
                 {
-                    request.SetContent(bodyContent, contentType);
+                    request.SetContent(bodyContent, RequestBodyContentEncoding, contentType);
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     if (requestConfiguration.BodyParameters != null && requestConfiguration.BodyParameters.Count != 0)
                         WriteParamBody(request, requestConfiguration.BodyParameters, contentType);
-                    else
+                    else if (OmitContentTypeHeaderWithoutContent != true)
-                        request.SetContent(RequestBodyEmptyContent, contentType);
+                        request.SetContent(RequestBodyEmptyContent, RequestBodyContentEncoding, contentType);                    
                 }
             }
 
@@ -646,13 +660,13 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Clients
                     stringData = stringSerializer.Serialize(value);
                 else
                     stringData = stringSerializer.Serialize(parameters);
-                request.SetContent(stringData, contentType);
+                request.SetContent(stringData, RequestBodyContentEncoding, contentType);
             }
             else if (contentType == Constants.FormContentHeader)
             {
                 // Write the parameters as form data in the body
                 var stringData = parameters.ToFormData();
-                request.SetContent(stringData, contentType);
+                request.SetContent(stringData, RequestBodyContentEncoding, contentType);
             }
         }
 

CryptoExchange.Net/CryptoExchange.Net.csproj

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
     <PackageId>CryptoExchange.Net</PackageId>
     <Authors>JKorf</Authors>
     <Description>CryptoExchange.Net is a base library which is used to implement different cryptocurrency (exchange) API's. It provides a standardized way of implementing different API's, which results in a very similar experience for users of the API implementations.</Description>
-    <PackageVersion>10.7.2</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>10.8.0</PackageVersion>
-    <AssemblyVersion>10.7.2</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>10.8.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>10.7.2</FileVersion>
+    <FileVersion>10.8.0</FileVersion>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>false</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <PackageTags>OKX;OKX.Net;Mexc;Mexc.Net;Kucoin;Kucoin.Net;Kraken;Kraken.Net;Huobi;Huobi.Net;CoinEx;CoinEx.Net;Bybit;Bybit.Net;Bitget;Bitget.Net;Bitfinex;Bitfinex.Net;Binance;Binance.Net;CryptoCurrency;CryptoCurrency Exchange;CryptoExchange.Net</PackageTags>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>

CryptoExchange.Net/Interfaces/IRequest.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -43,9 +44,7 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Interfaces
         /// <summary>
         /// Set string content
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="data"></param>
+        void SetContent(string data, Encoding? encoding, string contentType);
-        /// <param name="contentType"></param>
-        void SetContent(string data, string contentType);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a header to the request

CryptoExchange.Net/Objects/RequestDefinition.cs

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Objects
         /// </summary>
         public int? ConnectionId { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether the endpoint path should always include the trailing `/`
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool? ForcePathEndWithSlash { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// ctor
         /// </summary>

CryptoExchange.Net/Objects/RequestDefinitionCache.cs

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Objects
         /// <param name="arraySerialization">Array serialization type</param>
         /// <param name="preventCaching">Prevent request caching</param>
         /// <param name="tryParseOnNonSuccess">Try parse the response even when status is not success</param>
+        /// <param name="forcePathEndWithSlash">Force trailing `/`</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public RequestDefinition GetOrCreate(
             HttpMethod method,
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Objects
             HttpMethodParameterPosition? parameterPosition = null,
             ArrayParametersSerialization? arraySerialization = null,
             bool? preventCaching = null,
-            bool? tryParseOnNonSuccess = null)
+            bool? tryParseOnNonSuccess = null,
-            => GetOrCreate(method + path, method, path, rateLimitGate, weight, authenticated, limitGuard, requestBodyFormat, parameterPosition, arraySerialization, preventCaching, tryParseOnNonSuccess);
+            bool? forcePathEndWithSlash = null)
+            => GetOrCreate(method + path, method, path, rateLimitGate, weight, authenticated, limitGuard, requestBodyFormat, parameterPosition, arraySerialization, preventCaching, tryParseOnNonSuccess, forcePathEndWithSlash);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get a definition if it is already in the cache or create a new definition and add it to the cache
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Objects
         /// <param name="arraySerialization">Array serialization type</param>
         /// <param name="preventCaching">Prevent request caching</param>
         /// <param name="tryParseOnNonSuccess">Try parse the response even when status is not success</param>
+        /// <param name="forcePathEndWithSlash">Force trailing `/`</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public RequestDefinition GetOrCreate(
             string identifier,
@@ -90,7 +93,8 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Objects
             HttpMethodParameterPosition? parameterPosition = null,
             ArrayParametersSerialization? arraySerialization = null,
             bool? preventCaching = null,
-            bool? tryParseOnNonSuccess = null)
+            bool? tryParseOnNonSuccess = null,
+            bool? forcePathEndWithSlash = null)
         {
 
             if (!_definitions.TryGetValue(identifier, out var def))
@@ -105,7 +109,8 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Objects
                     RequestBodyFormat = requestBodyFormat,
                     ParameterPosition = parameterPosition,
                     PreventCaching = preventCaching ?? false,
-                    TryParseOnNonSuccess = tryParseOnNonSuccess ?? false
+                    TryParseOnNonSuccess = tryParseOnNonSuccess ?? false,
+                    ForcePathEndWithSlash = forcePathEndWithSlash ?? false
                 };
                 _definitions.TryAdd(identifier, def);
             }

CryptoExchange.Net/Requests/Request.cs

@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Requests
         /// <summary>
         /// Create request object for web request
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="request"></param>
-        /// <param name="client"></param>        
-        /// <param name="requestId"></param>        
         public Request(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpClient client, int requestId)
         {
             _httpClient = client;
@@ -55,10 +52,12 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Requests
         public int RequestId { get; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public void SetContent(string data, string contentType)
+        public void SetContent(string data, Encoding? encoding, string contentType)
         {
             Content = data;
-            _request.Content = new StringContent(data, Encoding.UTF8, contentType);
+            _request.Content = new StringContent(data, encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8, contentType);
+            if (encoding == null)
+                _request.Content.Headers.ContentType!.CharSet = null;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />

CryptoExchange.Net/Testing/Implementations/TestRequest.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace CryptoExchange.Net.Testing.Implementations
             Content = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
         }
 
-        public void SetContent(string data, string contentType)
+        public void SetContent(string data, Encoding? encoding, string contentType)
         {
             Content = data;
         }

README.md

@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ Make a one time donation in a crypto currency of your choice. If you prefer to d
 Alternatively, sponsor me on Github using [Github Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/JKorf). 
 
 ## Release notes
+* Version 10.8.0 - 06 Mar 2026
+    * Added `RequestBodyContentEncoding` and `OmitContentTypeHeaderWithoutContent` config to RestApiClient
+    * Added `ForcePathEndWithSlash` setting to RequestDefinition
+    * Added `encoding` parameter to SetContent on REST Request
+
 * Version 10.7.2 - 02 Mar 2026
     * Added small overlap in UserDataTracker polling logic to account for API endpoints not immediately having the data available