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

No need for async, really:

var result = new System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString(url)

If you don't want to block your UI, you can put the above in a BackgroundWorker. The reason I suggest this rather than the Async methods is because it is dramatically simpler to use, and because I suspect you are just going to stick this string into the UI somewhere anyway (where BackgroundWorker will make your life easier).