WebClient doesn't exist on Windows Phone 8.1? Downloading html of site

Question

I want to get source code of some website.

I found this solution:

var html = System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString(siteUrl);

But Vi

Answer 1

WebClient is available for Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 apps. Windows Phone Runtime apps use Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient.

There is also a Portable HttpClient for .NET Framework and Windows Phone.