How to make an HTTP get request with parameters

Question

Is it possible to pass parameters with an HTTP get request? If so, how should I then do it? I have found an HTTP post requst (link). In that example the string postData is sent to a webserver. I would like to do the same using get instead. Google found this example on HTTP get here. However no parameters are sent to the web server.

Answer 1

My preferred way is this. It handles the escaping and parsing for you.

WebClient webClient = new WebClient(); webClient.QueryString.Add("param1", "value1"); webClient.QueryString.Add("param2", "value2"); string result = webClient.DownloadString("http://theurl.com"); 

Answer 2

First WebClient is easier to use; GET arguments are specified on the query-string - the only trick is to remember to escape any values:

        string address = string.Format(             "http://foobar/somepage?arg1={0}&arg2={1}",             Uri.EscapeDataString("escape me"),             Uri.EscapeDataString("& me !!"));         string text;         using (WebClient client = new WebClient())         {             text = client.DownloadString(address);         }