C# Simple HttpClient Console application

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)

Copy paste the code below.

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();

        }

    }

}