HttpWebRequest
The HttpWebRequest class allows you to programatically make web requests against an HTTP server.
This code shows how to read a file's content from a remote webserver using the HttpWebRequest class.
Visual Basic:
If Not (IsPostBack) Then
Try
Dim fr As System.Net.HttpWebRequest
Dim targetURI As New Uri("http://weblogs.asp.net/farazshahkhan")
fr = DirectCast(System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(targetURI), System.Net.HttpWebRequest)
'In the above code http://weblogs.asp.net/farazshahkhan is used as an example
'it can be a different domain with a different filename and extension
If (fr.GetResponse().ContentLength > 0) Then
Dim str As New System.IO.StreamReader(fr.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
Response.Write(str.ReadToEnd())
str.Close()
End If
Catch ex As System.Net.WebException
Response.Write("File does not exist.")
End Try
End If
C#:
if (!(IsPostBack))
{
try
{
System.Net.HttpWebRequest fr;
Uri targetUri = new Uri("http://weblogs.asp.net/farazshahkhan");
fr = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(targetUri);
//In the above code http://weblogs.asp.net/farazshahkhan is used as an example
//it can be a different domain with a different filename and extension
if ((fr.GetResponse().ContentLength > 0))
{
System.IO.StreamReader str = new System.IO.StreamReader(fr.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
Response.Write(str.ReadToEnd());
if (str != null) str.Close();
}
}
catch (System.Net.WebException ex)
{
Response.Write("File does not exist.");
}
}
Links
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx
