How to convert WebResponse.GetResponseStream to string?

Question

I see many examples, but they all read them in byte arrays or 256 characters at a time, slowly. Why?

Is it not recommended to simply convert the resulting Stream value to a string, where can I parse it?

Answer 1

You must create a StreamReader around the stream, and then call ReadToEnd .

Instead, you should call WebClient.DownloadString .

Answer 2

You can use StreamReader.ReadToEnd() ,

 using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream()) { StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8); String responseString = reader.ReadToEnd(); } 

Answer 3

As @Heinzi pointed out, the response character set should be used.

  var encoding = response.CharacterSet == "" ? Encoding.UTF8 : Encoding.GetEncoding(response.CharacterSet); using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream()) { var reader = new StreamReader(stream, encoding); var responseString = reader.ReadToEnd(); } 

Answer 4

Richard Schneider is right. use the code below to retrieve data from a site that is not utf8 encoded, will receive the wrong string.

 using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream()) { StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8); String responseString = reader.ReadToEnd(); } 

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Answer 5

You can create a StreamReader around the stream, and then call StreamReader.ReadToEnd() .

 StreamReader responseReader = new StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()); var responseData = responseReader.ReadToEnd();