public static string DownloadString(string url) {
#if PORTABLE
var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "GET";
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<WebResponse> task = System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Factory.FromAsync(
request.BeginGetResponse,
asyncResult => request.EndGetResponse(asyncResult),
null);
return task.ContinueWith(t => ReadStreamFromResponse(t.Result)).Result;
#else
using (var client = new FastWebClient() {Timeout = 1500}) {
client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
return client.DownloadString(url);
}
#endif
}
private async Task _findBestQualityThumbnail() {
//response from ytime varies on the user agent, usually 404 is thrown on invalid, but the default return is checked either way. has unique size of 120x80.
using (var fw = new FastWebClient())
foreach (var qurl in qualitypics) {
var u = string.Format(qurl, _key);
byte[] data;
try {
data = await fw.DownloadDataTaskAsync(u);
} catch (WebException we) when ((we.Response as HttpWebResponse)?.StatusCode==HttpStatusCode.NotFound) {
continue;
}
using (var ms = new MemoryStream(data))
using (var img = Image.FromStream(ms))
if (img.Size.Width == 120 && img.Width == 80) //Its the small default which makes it invalid
continue;
_thumbnail = u;
break;
}
}
public static async Task<string> DownloadStringAsync(string url) {
using (var client = new FastWebClient() {Timeout = 1500}) {
client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
return await client.DownloadStringTaskAsync(new Uri(url));
}
}