How to perform a fast web request in C#

Question

I have a HTTP based API which I potentially need to call many times. The problem is that I can\'t get the request to take less than about 20 seconds, though the same reques

Answer 1

I was having the 30 second delay on 'first' attempt - JamesR's reference to the other post mentioning setting proxy to null solved it instantly!

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(_site.url);
request.Proxy = null; // <-- this is the good stuff

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HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();