httpclient for .net 4 code example
Example: httpclient c# sample
// HttpClient is intended to be instantiated once per application, rather than per-use. See Remarks.
static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
static async Task Main()
{
// Call asynchronous network methods in a try/catch block to handle exceptions.
try
{
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("http://www.contoso.com/");
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
// Above three lines can be replaced with new helper method below
// string responseBody = await client.GetStringAsync(uri);
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
}
catch(HttpRequestException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nException Caught!");
Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ",e.Message);
}
}