WebClient provides a simple but limited wrapper around HttpWebRequest. And HttpClient is the new and improved way of doing HTTP requests and posts, having arrived with .NET Framework 4.5. Let’s ...

If you’re going to call a RESTful Web Service, the .NET Framework gives you three objects you can use to make the call: HttpWebRequest, WebClient and HttpClient. Each has its costs and benefits (of ...

Crafting an HTTP request can be done in several ways, with the most common way being the use of System.Net.Http.HttpClient or the simpler System.Net.WebClient. System.Net.HttpWebRequest is also worth ...