How can i download a website content to a string?

Question

I tried this and i want that the source content of the website will be download to a string:

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        WebClient client         


        

Answer 1

Using WebRequest:

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "GET";
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
string content = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
response.Close();

You can easily call the code from within another thread, or use background worer - that will make your UI responsive while retrieving data.