Not able to connect to website URLs from Asp.Net WebApi Action Methods

问题

I am trying to connect to URL using WebClient inside Asp.Net Web Api project. My intention was to get the content and create a web site thumbnail.

Sample Code:

using (var client = new WebClient())
{
    var contents = client.DownloadString("http://www.google.com");
}

But this WebClient client object throws timeout exception in case of WebApi and same works fine for console application.

Kindly help.

回答1:

I found the answer here in the end: Web Request through Proxy using RestSharp

Adding:

<system.net>
    <defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true"></defaultProxy>
</system.net>

To my web config fixed it for me.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26845404/not-able-to-connect-to-website-urls-from-asp-net-webapi-action-methods