WebClient.DownloadString takes about 15 seconds when first called

Question

string url = \"http://google.com/index.html\";
WebClient client = new WebClient();
Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
sw.Start();
string text = client.DownloadString(ur         


        

Answer 1

There may be a couple of things that would cause a delay on the first call such as detecting proxy settings. Try setting the proxy to null:

client.Proxy = null;