Overview

This documentation provides a comprehensive guide to the C# System.Net.HttpWebrequest class, the core class for handling HTTP requests in .NET.

Class Properties

• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.ClientFactory: Responsible for creating and configuring HTTP clients.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Request: Represents the HTTP request being sent.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Response: Represents the HTTP response received.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.ResponseEncoding: Handles encoding and decoding of responses.

Methods

• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Get: Retrieves a single response.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.GetEnumerator: Get the response and return a Iterator.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Set: Set a response.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Download: Download a response.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.ReadAll: Read all the data from the response.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Text: Convert a response to a string.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Stream: Get a stream object from the response.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Decode: Decode a response.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.ReadText: Read a response as text.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.SetContent: Set a response's content.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Flush: Flush the response stream.
• System.Net.HttpWebrequest.Close: Close the request.

Example Code

Here's a simple example:

                
                using System;

                public class Example
                {
                    public static void main(string[] args)
                    {
                        // Create an HTTP client
                        var client = new HttpClient(80);

                        try {
                            //Make request
                            client.Get("https://www.google.com");

                            //Handle the response
                            string response = client.GetResponse().Stream.ReadText();
                            Console.WriteLine(response);
                        }
                        catch(Exception e) {
                            Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
                        }
                    }
                }