The HttpWebRequest class provides a lot of control over the request/response object. However, you should be aware that HttpClient was never designed to be a replacement for WebClient.

Practical .NET Calling Web Services with HttpWebRequest, WebClient and HttpClient The .NET Framework gives you three different ways to call a Web Service. However, depending on your scenario, the ...

C# HttpWebRequest - Keep connection alive? j3flight May 26, 2006 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...