Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Text
Namespace Examples.System.Net
    Public Class WebRequestGetExample

        Public Shared Sub Main()
            ' Create a request for the URL.         
            Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/default.html")
            ' If required by the server, set the credentials.
            request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
            ' Get the response.
            Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
            ' Display the status.
            Console.WriteLine(response.StatusDescription)
            ' Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
            Dim dataStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
            ' Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
            Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream)
            ' Read the content.
            Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
            ' Display the content.
            Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer)
            ' Cleanup the streams and the response.
            reader.Close()
            dataStream.Close()
            response.Close()
        End Sub 'Main
    End Class 'WebRequestGetExample
End Namespace

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;

namespace Examples.System.Net
{
    public class WebRequestGetExample
    {
        public static void Main ()
        {
            // Create a request for the URL.         
            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create ("http://www.contoso.com/default.html");
            // If required by the server, set the credentials.
            request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            // Get the response.
            HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse ();
            // Display the status.
            Console.WriteLine (response.StatusDescription);
            // Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
            Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream ();
            // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (dataStream);
            // Read the content.
            string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd ();
            // Display the content.
            Console.WriteLine (responseFromServer);
            // Cleanup the streams and the response.
            reader.Close ();
            dataStream.Close ();
            response.Close ();
        }
    }
}

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Net;
using namespace System::Text;
int main()
{
   
   // Create a request for the URL.   
   WebRequest^ request = WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com/default.html" );
   
   // If required by the server, set the credentials.
   request->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultCredentials;
   
   // Get the response.
   HttpWebResponse^ response = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(request->GetResponse());
   
   // Display the status.
   Console::WriteLine( response->StatusDescription );
   
   // Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
   Stream^ dataStream = response->GetResponseStream();
   
   // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
   StreamReader^ reader = gcnew StreamReader( dataStream );
   
   // Read the content.
   String^ responseFromServer = reader->ReadToEnd();
   
   // Display the content.
   Console::WriteLine( responseFromServer );
   
   // Cleanup the streams and the response.
   reader->Close();
   dataStream->Close();
   response->Close();
}