Get HTTP Response from a url by using C#

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Environment: ASP.Net MVC 4 using C#

I need to get image by using GET request to a URL /inbound/faxes/{id}/image I used the code below

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("/inbound/faxes/238991717/image");
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

System.IO.StreamReader stream = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());

but it flags "URL not valid"

I used the complete URL www.interfax.net/inbound/faxes/{id}/image

but the result is same

I want to follow this article to receive faxes

Accepting incoming fax notifications by callback

Can anyone help me to get fax...?

Have you tried prefixing the URL with the protocol (http://) and suffixing it with the file extension of the image (.jpg, .png etc)? — Richard Ev
– Richard Ev, Commented Aug 29, 2013 at 16:00

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-29 16:01:09Z

6

Try like this:

using (var client = new WebClient())
{
    byte[] imageData = client.DownloadData("http://www.interfax.net/inbound/faxes/{id}/image");
}

Notice how the url is prefixed with the protocol (HTTP in this case). Also make sure you have replaced the {id} part of the url with the actual id of the image you are trying to retrieve.

answered Aug 29, 2013 at 16:01

Darin Dimitrov

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