Async HttpWebRequest with no wait from within a web application

Question

In my web application (ASP.NET) I have a block of code that uses HttpWebRequest to make a call to a REST service and continue execution. Right now it\'s taking longer than I

Answer 1

HttpWebRequest myRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(myUrl);
//set up web request...
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(o=>{ myRequest.GetResponse(); });

Also known as Fire-and-Forget.