How To Call A URL In ASP.NET

Learn how to call a URL from an ASP.NET page and read its content.

We can use WebRequest and WebResponse classes in ASP.NET and C# to call a URL and read its content.

 

Step 1. Import the following namespaces in your application. 

using System.Net;
using System.IO;

Step 2. Copy and paste given function in your .cs file. 

public void callurl(string url)
{
WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string urlText = reader.ReadToEnd(); // it takes the response from your url. now you can use as your need
Response.Write(urlText.ToString());
}

In the above code, a WebRequest object is created by passing a URL. The GetResponse returns a WebResponse object and that is the stream with the content of a web page. After that, the content is read in a string.

 

Step 3. Call this function on a button click or anywhere you need it. 

callurl("http://google.com");

 

Learn more here, Using WebRequest and WebResponse In ASP.NET and C#