/// <summary>
/// Retrieve the response as binary.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Response">The response.</param>
public static byte[] AsBinary(this HttpWebResponse Response)
{
// Check if the response is invalid.
if (Response == null) {
// Return null.
return null;
}
// Get the stream that is used to read the response from the server.
using (Stream Stream = Response.AsUncompressed()) {
// Initialize a new instance of the MemoryStream class.
using (MemoryStream MemoryStream = new MemoryStream()) {
// Initialize the buffer.
byte[] Buffer = new byte[4096];
// Initialize the counter.
int Count;
// Read available bytes from the stream into the buffer.
while ((Count = Stream.Read(Buffer, 0, Buffer.Length)) != 0) {
// Write to read bytes into the memory stream.
MemoryStream.Write(Buffer, 0, Count);
}
// Return the memory stream as a byte array.
return MemoryStream.Position != 0 ? MemoryStream.ToArray() : null;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieve the response as string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Response">The response.</param>
public static string AsString(this HttpWebResponse Response)
{
// Check if the response is invalid.
if (Response == null) {
// Return null.
return null;
}
// Get the stream that is used to read the response from the server.
using (Stream Stream = Response.AsUncompressed()) {
// Initialize the content type pair.
string[] ContentTypePair = Response.ContentType.Split(new[] { ';' });
// Initialize the encoding.
Encoding Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("ISO-8859-1");
// Check if the content type pair is valid.
if (ContentTypePair.Length == 2) {
// Retrieve the character set pair.
string[] CharacterSetPair = ContentTypePair[1].Split(new[] { '=' });
// Check if the character set pair is valid.
if (CharacterSetPair.Length == 2 && CharacterSetPair[0].TrimStart().Equals("charset")) {
// Attempt the following code.
try {
// Set the character set of the input stream.
Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(CharacterSetPair[1]);
} catch {
// Check if the character set is a misspelled UTF-8.
if (CharacterSetPair[1].Equals("utf8")) {
// Set the character set of the input stream.
Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
}
}
}
}
// Initialize a new instance of the StreamReader class.
using (StreamReader StreamReader = new StreamReader(Stream, Encoding)) {
// Invoke the handler indicating the request is completed.
return StreamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
