In this example we will get content from google.com using the System.Net.Http.HttpClient class
Create a new .net console app in Visual Studio 2012. Add a reference to System.Net.http.dll (.net version 4.0)
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Create a new .net console app in Visual Studio 2012. Add a reference to System.Net.http.dll (.net version 4.0)
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace HttpClientTest
{
internal class Program
{
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
Task asyncThread = httpClient.GetAsync(
"https://www.google.com").
ContinueWith(taskWithResponse
=>
{
HttpResponseMessage
response = taskWithResponse.Result;
Task<string> readTask =
response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(readTask.Result);
}
);
asyncThread.Wait();
}
}
}
