How to convert WebResponse GetResponseStream return into a string

Question

I see many examples but all of them read them into byte arrays or 256 chars at a time  slowly  Why   Is it not advisable to just convert the resulting Stream value into a string where I can parse it

User · Accepted Answer

You should create a StreamReader around the stream  then call ReadToEnd   You should consider calling WebClient DownloadString instead

User · Answer

You can create a StreamReader around the stream  then call StreamReader ReadToEnd     StreamReader responseReader   new StreamReader request GetResponse   GetResponseStream     var responseData   responseReader ReadToEnd

User · Answer

You can use StreamReader ReadToEnd     using  Stream stream   response GetResponseStream         StreamReader reader   new StreamReader stream  Encoding UTF8      String responseString   reader ReadToEnd

User · Answer

As  Heinzi mentioned the character set of the response should be used   var encoding   response CharacterSet             Encoding UTF8       Encoding GetEncoding response CharacterSet    using  var stream   response GetResponseStream          var reader   new StreamReader stream  encoding       var responseString   reader ReadToEnd

User · Answer

Richard Schneider is right  use code below to fetch data from site which is not utf8 charset will get wrong string   using  Stream stream   response GetResponseStream         StreamReader reader   new StreamReader stream  Encoding UTF8      String responseString   reader ReadToEnd          i can t vote so wrote this

[c#] How to convert WebResponse.GetResponseStream return into a string?

Examples related to c#

Examples related to .net

Examples related to string

Examples related to httpwebresponse