Example
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
...
string requestUrl = "https://www.example.com/page.html";
HttpWebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.CreateHttp(requestUrl);
// Optionally, set properties of the HttpWebRequest, such as:
request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate;
request.Timeout = 2 * 60 * 1000; // 2 minutes, in milliseconds
// Submit the request, and get the response body.
string responseBodyFromRemoteServer;
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
responseBodyFromRemoteServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}