According to this
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.http.httpclient.baseaddress(v=vs.118).aspx
It contains the base address. Well, duh....
I do not know if microsoft documentation is meant to be understood. What the hell is base address?
Is it the URL with only hostname?
Like StackOverflow.com?
Is it the whole URL like stackoverflow.com/question/ask
Is it the whole URL including the parameter, such as stackoverflow.com/hello/world?dfdsdf=34fgdsg
What is base address?
httpclient.baseaddress is used as the starting point to send your http requests.
Example
If you have to send many requests starting with the same address
https://stackoverflow.com/hello/moreinfo1/1
https://stackoverflow.com/hello/moreinfo2/2
So you have to set
clt.baseaddress = New Uri("https://stackoverflow.com/hello/")
Dim response1 As HttpResponseMessage = Await clt.GetAsync("moreinfo1/1")
Dim response2 As HttpResponseMessage = Await clt.GetAsync("moreinfo2/2")
Else (if not set baseaddress property) you have to write the full URI every time you are sending a request
Dim response1 As HttpResponseMessage = Await clt.GetAsync("https://stackoverflow.com/hello/moreinfo1/1")
Dim response2 As HttpResponseMessage = Await clt.GetAsync("https://stackoverflow.com/hello/moreinfo2/2")
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