How to convert WebResponse.GetResponseStream return into a string?

Question

I see many examples but all of them read them into byte arrays or 256 chars at a time, slowly. Why?

Is it not advisable to just convert the resulting Stream value into a string where I can parse it?

Answer 1

You can use StreamReader.ReadToEnd(),

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