Reading data from an open HTTP stream

Question

I am trying to use the .NET WebRequest/WebResponse classes to access the Twitter streaming API here \"http://stream.twitter.com/spritzer.json\".

I need to b

Answer 1

I ended up using a TcpClient, which works fine. Would still be interested to know if this is possible with WebRequest/WebResponse though. Here is my code in case anybody is interested:

using (TcpClient client = new TcpClient())
{

    string requestString = "GET /spritzer.json HTTP/1.1\r\n";
    requestString += "Authorization: " + token + "\r\n";
    requestString += "Host: stream.twitter.com\r\n";
    requestString += "Connection: keep-alive\r\n";
    requestString += "\r\n";

    client.Connect("stream.twitter.com", 80);

    using (NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream())
    {
        // Send the request.
        StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream);
        writer.Write(requestString);
        writer.Flush();

        // Process the response.
        StreamReader rdr = new StreamReader(stream);

        while (!rdr.EndOfStream)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(rdr.ReadLine());
        }
    }
}