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+# Purpose: Provide an example of an async http client for the application
+import contextlib
+import typing
+
+import httpx
+
+
+@contextlib.asynccontextmanager
+async def get_http_client() -> typing.AsyncGenerator[httpx.AsyncClient, None]:
+    client = httpx.AsyncClient()  # Insert your own settings here
+    async with client as ac:
+        yield ac