How can I download HTML source in C

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How can I get the HTML source given a web address in c

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You can get it with   var html   new System Net WebClient   DownloadString siteUrl

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cms way is the more recent  suggested in MS website  but I had a hard problem to solve  with both method posted here  now I post the solution for all   problem  if you use an url like this  www somesite it  p 1500 in some case you get an internal server error  500   although in web browser this www somesite it  p 1500 perfectly work   solution  you have to move out parameters  working code is   using System Net        using  WebClient client   new WebClient            client QueryString Add  p    1500      add parameters     string htmlCode   client DownloadString  www somesite it                  here official documentation

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basically   using System Net  using System Net Http      in LINQPad  also add a reference to System Net Http dll  WebRequest req   HttpWebRequest Create  http   google com    req Method    GET    string source  using  StreamReader reader   new StreamReader req GetResponse   GetResponseStream           source   reader ReadToEnd       Console WriteLine source

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You can download files with the WebClient class   using System Net   using  WebClient client   new WebClient        WebClient class inherits IDisposable       client DownloadFile  http   yoursite com page html     C  localfile html            Or you can get the file content without saving it     string htmlCode   client DownloadString  http   yoursite com page html

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The newest  most recent  up to date answer  This post is really old  it s 7 years old when I answered it   so no one of the other answers used the new and recommended way  which is HttpClient class   HttpClient is considered the new API and it should replace the old ones  WebClient and WebRequest  string url    quot page url quot   HttpClient client   new HttpClient    using  HttpResponseMessage response   client GetAsync url  Result       using  HttpContent content   response Content             string result   content ReadAsStringAsync   Result          for more information about how to use the HttpClient class  especially in async cases   you can refer this question  NOTE 1  If you want to use async await string url    quot page url quot   HttpClient client   new HttpClient         actually only one object should be created by Application using  HttpResponseMessage response   await client GetAsync url        using  HttpContent content   response Content             string result   await content ReadAsStringAsync             NOTE 2  If use C  8 features string url    quot page url quot   HttpClient client   new HttpClient    using HttpResponseMessage response   await client GetAsync url   using HttpContent content   response Content  string result   await content ReadAsStringAsync

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