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This is actually easy in .netCore

services.AddHttpClient("HttpClientName", client => {
// code to configure headers etc..
}).ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => {
                  var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
                  if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
                  {
                      handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => { return true; };
                  }
                  return handler;
              });

In .NetCore, you can add the following code snippet at services configure method , I added a check to make sure only that we by pass the SSL certificate in development environment only

services.AddHttpClient("HttpClientName", client => {
// code to configure headers etc..
}).ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => {
                  var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
                  if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
                  {
                      handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => { return true; };
                  }
                  return handler;
              });

This is actually easy

services.AddHttpClient("HttpClientName", client => {
// code to configure headers etc..
}).ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => {
                  var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
                  if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
                  {
                      handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => { return true; };
                  }
                  return handler;
              });

This is actually easy in .netCore

services.AddHttpClient("HttpClientName", client => {
// code to configure headers etc..
}).ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => {
                  var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
                  if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
                  {
                      handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => { return true; };
                  }
                  return handler;
              });

This is actually easy

services.AddHttpClient(settings.HttpClientName, client => {
// code to configure headers etc..
}).ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => {
                  var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
                  if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
                  {
                      handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => { return true; };
                  }
                  return handler;
              });

This is actually easy

services.AddHttpClient("HttpClientName", client => {
// code to configure headers etc..
}).ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() => {
                  var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
                  if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
                  {
                      handler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => { return true; };
                  }
                  return handler;
              });