WebRequest

[C# Learner]

Is it possible to create a WebRequest instance and, instead of giving
it a URI, give it an actual HTTP request?

e.g.:

GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.google.com CR LF CR LF

Thanks in advance.

[Zürcher See]

System.Net.WebR equest
wr=System.Net.W ebRequest.Creat e("http://www.google.com" );

wr.Timeout=3000 0;

wr.Method="GET" ;

string html="";

try{html=new
System.IO.Strea mReader(wr.GetR esponse().GetRe sponseStream(), System.Text.Enc o
ding.UTF7).Read ToEnd();}

catch(System.Ex ception e)

{

//Timeout and others server errors

}

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Is it possible to create a WebRequest instance and, instead of giving
it a URI, give it an actual HTTP request?

e.g.:

GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.google.com CR LF CR LF

Thanks in advance.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Zürcher See <aq****@cannabi smail.com> wrote:

System.Net.WebR equest
wr=System.Net.W ebRequest.Creat e("http://www.google.com" );

wr.Timeout=3000 0;

wr.Method="GET" ;

string html="";

try{html=new
System.IO.Strea mReader(wr.GetR esponse().GetRe sponseStream(), System.Text.Enc o
ding.UTF7).Read ToEnd();}

catch(System.Ex ception e)

{

//Timeout and others server errors

}

Why are you specifying UTF7 there? That's *very* rarely used, IME. Far
more likely is UTF8.

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[Zürcher See]

Sorry it was a copy past of special code, better use:
try{sHtml=new
System.IO.Strea mReader(wrq.Get Response().GetR esponseStream() ,System.Text.En c
oding.GetEncodi ng(28591)).Read ToEnd();}
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Zürcher See <aq****@cannabi smail.com> wrote:

System.Net.WebR equest
wr=System.Net.W ebRequest.Creat e("http://www.google.com" );

wr.Timeout=3000 0;

wr.Method="GET" ;

string html="";

try{html=new
System.IO.Strea mReader(wr.GetR esponse().GetRe sponseStream(), System.Text.Enc o ding.UTF7).Read ToEnd();}

catch(System.Ex ception e)

{

//Timeout and others server errors

}

Why are you specifying UTF7 there? That's *very* rarely used, IME. Far
more likely is UTF8.

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http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Zürcher See <aq****@cannabi smail.com> wrote:

Sorry it was a copy past of special code, better use:
try{sHtml=new
System.IO.Strea mReader(wrq.Get Response().GetR esponseStream() ,System.Text.En c
oding.GetEncodi ng(28591)).Read ToEnd();}

Well, better actually is to use whatever content encoding the server
returns. That's what HttpWebResponse .ContentEncodin g is for, IMO.

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[C# Learner]

"Zürcher See" <aq****@cannabi smail.com> wrote:

<snip>

I guess I'll have to parse the raw packet and add to
WebRequest.Head ers manually then.

Hmm... I wonder why they didn't include functionality for this, since
the headers are going to have to be translated into a raw packet
anyway, before the actual request is sent.

Nothing's perfect, I s'pose.

Thanks for the response.