/// <summary> /// Returns the content of a given web adress as string. /// </summary> /// <param name="Url">URL of the webpage</param> /// <returns>Website content</returns> public string DownloadWebPage(string Url) { // Open a connection HttpWebRequest WebRequestObject = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(Url); // You can also specify additional header values like // the user agent or the referer: WebRequestObject.UserAgent = ".NET Framework/2.0"; WebRequestObject.Referer = "http://www.example.com/"; // Request response: WebResponse Response = WebRequestObject.GetResponse(); // Open data stream: Stream WebStream = Response.GetResponseStream(); // Create reader object: StreamReader Reader = new StreamReader(WebStream); // Read the entire stream content: string PageContent = Reader.ReadToEnd(); // Cleanup Reader.Close(); WebStream.Close(); Response.Close(); return PageContent; } //Example: string PageContent = DownloadWebPage("http://www.jonasjohn.de/");