[Tips] How to read file on Internet with C# with HttpWebResponse

You want to read file, read file google drive on internet. read resource on internet, below solution will help you easy to get it! just with one simple function and use HttpWebResponse. This demo is use CSharp, you can use PHP too from this link

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Below is sharing full source code how to read file with HttpWebResponse

/* *********************************************
 * Developers: Zidane (huuvi168@gmail.com)
 * Last Modified: 2015-11-12
 * *********************************************/

public static string readFileOnInternet()
{
    // used on each read operation
    byte[] buf = new byte[1024];

    // prepare the web page we will be asking for
    HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create
            ("https://googledrive.com/host/0Bw0wdOxjVlxfX0FrSmlXdm9pVm8");

    // execute the request
    HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

    // we will read data via the response stream
    Stream resStream = response.GetResponseStream();

    string tempString = null;
    int count = 0;

    do
    {
        // fill the buffer with data
        count = resStream.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length);

        // make sure we read some data
        if (count != 0)
        {
            // translate from bytes to ASCII text
            tempString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buf, 0, count);                    
        }
    }
    while (count > 0); // any more data to read?

    // print out page source
    return tempString;
}

Note

Using HttpWebRequest for Http WebRequest
Using Stream for get response stream

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