How to read a URL Contents from ASP.NET RSS

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  asolvent

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  How to read a URL Contents from ASP.NET

  Dec 08, 2008 08:32 AM|LINK

  In my last project I was required to read a URL Contents and look for certain tags. Just sharing a part of it
  

  using System;
  using System.IO;
  using System.Net;
  using System.Text;
  using System.Configuration;
  using log4net;
  
  public static class URLReader
  {
      #region Constants
      private const int TIMEOUT = 30;
      #endregion
  
      #region Public Methods
      /// <summary>
      /// Reads contents of a URL
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="url"></param>
      public static String LoadInformation(String url)
      {
          HttpWebRequest myWebRequest = null;
          HttpWebResponse myWebResponse = null;
          Stream receiveStream = null;
          Encoding encode = null;
          StreamReader readStream = null;
          string text = null;
  
          try
          {
              myWebRequest = HttpWebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
  
              myWebRequest.Timeout = TIMEOUT;
              myWebRequest.ReadWriteTimeout = TIMEOUT;
  
              myWebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
              receiveStream = myWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
              encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
              readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, encode);
              text = readStream.ReadToEnd().ToLower();
              if (readStream != null) readStream.Close();
              if (receiveStream != null) receiveStream.Close();
              if (myWebResponse != null) myWebResponse.Close();
          }
          catch (Exception)
          {
              //Do Something
          }
          finally
          {
              readStream = null;
              receiveStream = null;
              myWebResponse = null;
              myWebRequest = null;
          }
          return text;
      }
      #endregion
  }

   
  Thanks,
  Avinash
  
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  Prashant Kum...

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  Re: How to read a URL Contents from ASP.NET

  Jul 17, 2011 03:38 AM|LINK

  Since you have posted this just for information, mark it as answered.

  Prashant