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user496949
user496949

Reputation: 86095

what the difference between webrequest and httpwebrequest

It seems that HttpWebRequest has more control like ReadWriteTimeout. I am wondering whether I should stick with HttpWebRequest, rather than WebRequest

Upvotes: 10

Views: 8099

Answers (3)

SHEKHAR SHETE
SHEKHAR SHETE

Reputation: 6066

I know its too long time but just for information purpose:

WebRequest

System.Object
    System.MarshalByRefObject
        System.Net.WebRequest

The WebRequest is an abstract base class. So you actually don't use it directly. You use it through it derived classes - HttpWebRequest and FileWebRequest.

You use Create method of WebRequest to create an instance of WebRequest. GetResponseStream returns data stream.

There are also FileWebRequest and FtpWebRequest classes that inherit from WebRequest. Normally, you would use WebRequest to, well, make a request and convert the return to either HttpWebRequest, FileWebRequest or FtpWebRequest, depend on your request. Below is an example:

Example:

var _request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://stackverflow.com");
var _response = (HttpWebResponse)_request.GetResponse();

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 0

Mahesh Velaga
Mahesh Velaga

Reputation: 21971

WebRequest is the base/parent class for HttpWebRequest and some other requests as listed here.

For now, they are:

  System.IO.Packaging.PackWebRequest
  System.Net.FileWebRequest
  System.Net.FtpWebRequest
  System.Net.HttpWebRequest

Upvotes: 10

Cheng Chen
Cheng Chen

Reputation: 43523

A WebRequest can be a HttpWebRequest/FtpWebRequest/FileWebRequest (or more in the future...)

Upvotes: 5

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