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Vcr-sharp lets you record and playback HTTP requests! In this example, WithCassette is an extension method on HttpClientFactory. That extension method sets up a DelgatingHandler to a ReplayingHandler. That ReplayingHandler "loads the cassette" and returns it as a cached response. 

  using (var httpClient = HttpClientFactory.WithCassette( "my-test-scenario" ))      
  {        
    var request =  new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get,  "http://www.iana.org/domains/reserved" );   
    var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(request);     
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();      
    body.ShouldContain( "Example domains" );     
  }

public class Product
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }
    }

public class ProductService
    {
        public ProductService()
        {
            ListOfProducts = new List<Product>();
        }

        public List<Product> ListOfProducts
        {
            get;
            private set;
        }

        private void InitializeList( int toExclusive )
        {
            Parallel.For( 0 , toExclusive , ( int counter ) =>
            {
                ListOfProducts.Add( new Product()
                {
                    Id = counter ,
                    Name = "DefaultName" + counter.ToString()
                } );
            } );
        }

        public IAsyncResult BeginGetAll( AsyncCallback callback , object state )
        {
            var myTask = Task.Run<IEnumerable<Product>>( () =>
            {
                InitializeList( 100 );
                return ListOfProducts;
            } );
            return myTask.ContinueWith( x => callback( x ) );
        }

        public IEnumerable<Product> EndGetAll( IAsyncResult result )
        {
            return ( ( Task<IEnumerable<Product>> )result ).Result;
        }      
    }

class Program
    {
        static void Main( string[] args )
        {
            GetAllProducts().ToList().ForEach( ( Product item ) => 
            {
                Console.WriteLine( item.Name );
            } );

            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        public static IEnumerable<Product> GetAllProducts()
        {
            ProductService service = new ProductService();

            var output = Task.Factory.FromAsync<IEnumerable<Product>>( service.BeginGetAll , service.EndGetAll , TaskCreationOptions.None );
            return output.Result;            
        }
        
    }

 public async Task<IEnumerable<Product>> GetAllAsync()
        {
            var result = Task.Run( () =>
            {
                InitializeList( 100 );
                return ListOfProducts;
            } );
            return await result;
        }

class Program
    {
        static void Main( string[] args )
        {
            GetAllProducts().Result.ToList().ForEach( ( Product item ) => 
            {
                Console.WriteLine( item.Name );
            } );

            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        public static async Task<IEnumerable<Product>> GetAllProducts()
        {
            ProductService service = new ProductService();

            return await service.GetAllAsync();
        }
        
    }

        private async Task<List<System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage>> getPdfPageImages()
        {
            var results = new List<System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage>();
            using (var randomAccessStream = File.Open("PieChartPdfReport.pdf", FileMode.Open).AsRandomAccessStream())
            {
                var pdfDocument = await PdfDocument.LoadFromStreamAsync(randomAccessStream);
                for (uint i = 0; i < pdfDocument.PageCount; i++)
                {
                    using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
                    {
                        using (var stream = memoryStream.AsRandomAccessStream())
                        {
                            using (var page = pdfDocument.GetPage(i))
                            {
                                // Set render options
                                var renderOptions = new PdfPageRenderOptions
                                {
                                    BackgroundColor = Colors.LightGray,
                                    DestinationHeight = (uint)(page.Size.Height * 10)
                                };

                                await page.RenderToStreamAsync(stream); //, renderOptions);
                                await stream.FlushAsync();

                                var bitmapImage = new System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage();
                                bitmapImage.BeginInit();
                                //Without this, BitmapImage uses lazy initialization by default and the stream will be closed by then.
                                bitmapImage.CacheOption = System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
                                bitmapImage.StreamSource = memoryStream;
                                bitmapImage.EndInit();

                                results.Add(bitmapImage);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return results;
        }

        private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var images = await this.getPdfPageImages();
            ImagePdf.Source = images.First();
        }