Reading HTML pages with . NET Core

Question

Next, I have a code that performs reading of a particular web page:

private string GetCodePage()
{
    WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(URL);
    WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
    StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());

    var codePage = reader.ReadToEnd();

    reader.Close();
    response.Close();

    return codePage;
}

I am trying to make the same code with . NET Core, but the classes have changed, for example, there is no longer the method WebRequest.GetResponse.

Does anyone know how to read html pages by Dotnet Core?

Answer 1

You’ll have to use the new class HttpClient in System.Net.Http, that is available no Nuget.

A very simple example of how to use:

using(var client = new HttpClient())
{
    var response = await client.GetStringAsync(URL);
    //Existem outras opções aliém do GetStringAsync, aí você precisa explorar a classe
}

Answer 2

I managed to solve with the following code:

    private string GetCodePage()
    {
        HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
        var response = httpClient.GetAsync(URL).Result;
        return response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
    }