README.md

Description

Downloads a URI directly into a string or a web binary to a byte array.

More Info

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By	Jon Davis
Level	Beginner
User Rating	4.5 (18 globes from 4 users)
Compatibility	C#
Category	Internet/ Browsers/ HTML
World	.Net (C#, VB.net)
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Source Code

public static string StringFromURL(string URL) {
	System.Net.WebClient WC = new System.Net.WebClient();
	System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(StreamFromURL(URL));
	return sr.ReadToEnd();
}
public static byte[] BinFromURL(string URL) {
	System.IO.BinaryReader br = new System.IO.BinaryReader(StreamFromURL(URL));
	return br.ReadBytes((int)br.BaseStream.Length);
}
public static System.IO.Stream StreamFromURL(string URL) {
	System.Net.WebClient WC = new System.Net.WebClient();
	return WC.OpenRead(URL);
}