[Ninja]

Since I see a lot of people still use the old and deprecated WebRequest (yes it still has its uses sometimes, but there are better alternatives) I decided to release this. It is an extension method so adding headers and setting postdata becomes much easier and you can send a request in as little as 2 lines.

https://gist.github.com/GekkeVent/c3b876...41c428f9a8

Example

Code

NameValueCollection headers = new NameValueCollection()
{
    {"Accept", "*/*"}
};
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp("url");
request.SetHeaders(headers);
string source = request.GetSource();

[teh_distance]

oooh very useful, I also made something like this almost a month ago.

[Cecilia]

You should add an override for SetPost to be compatible with a NameValueCollection...
That'd be nice to see.

[Ninja]

You should add an override for SetPost to be compatible with a NameValueCollection...
That'd be nice to see.

Never thought about that. How about FormUrlEncodedContent though?

[Cecilia]

Never thought about that. How about FormUrlEncodedContent though?

I don't think that's available in 4.0 (sadface).
I guess you can use that :/

[Dialog]

HttpWebRequest isn't deprecated, only its constructors are. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...x#Anchor_6

A good alternative is HttpClient, though.

[Ninja]

HttpWebRequest isn't deprecated, only its constructors are. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...x#Anchor_6

A good alternative is HttpClient, though.

What I mean is its old. There are better alternatives like WebClient and HttpClient (only in 4.0+).

[JJack]

Thank you for the code snippet. I didn't know about this method.

[abratar]

what happend? i was looking for a web request class and remembered that you made one and now that i need it its gone...

[Ninja]

what happend? i was looking for a web request class and remembered that you made one and now that i need it its gone...

I dont know what happened to the link. Here it is again:
https://gist.github.com/GekkeVent/c3b876...41c428f9a8

[RyanR45]

I dont know what happened to the link. Here it is again:

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[Ast0r]

What I mean is its old. There are better alternatives like WebClient and HttpClient (only in 4.0+).

Depending on the task, WebClient may not be able to do it but WebRequest can.🤝

[Ninja]

Depending on the task, WebClient may not be able to do it but WebRequest can.🤝

I do agree that WebRequests allows for easier 'low level' control over the WebClient. You can however inherit WebClient and add cookie support and what not.

[HFDone]

I do agree that WebRequests allows for easier 'low level' control over the webrequest 😧

[Ninja]

I do agree that WebRequests allows for easier 'low level' control over the webrequest 😧

Meant WebClient. Fixed it.