How to read a file from a URI using StreamReader?

Question

I have a file at a URI that I would like to read using StreamReader. Obviously, this causes a problem since File.OpenText does not support URI paths. The file is a txt file

Answer 1

If you are behind a proxy don't forget to set your credentials:

  WebRequest request=WebRequest.Create(url);
  request.Timeout=30*60*1000;
  request.UseDefaultCredentials=true;
  request.Proxy.Credentials=request.Credentials;
  WebResponse response=(WebResponse)request.GetResponse();
  using (Stream s=response.GetResponseStream())
    ...