Invoking a URL - c#

Question

I m trying to invoke a URL in C#, I am just interested in invoking, and dont care about response. When i have the following, does it mean that I m invoking the URL?

 HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

Answer 1

You can use this:

string address = "http://www.yoursite.com/page.aspx";
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
    client.DownloadString(address);
}

Answer 2

You need to actually perform the request:

var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.GetResponse();

The call to GetResponse makes the outbound call to the server. You can discard the response if you don't care about it.