HttpClient GetStreamAsync and HTTP status codes?

Question

I wish to use streams as recommended by the json.net performance tips documentation, however I\'m unable to find how to get a hold of the http status codes without the typical a

Answer 1

I haven't tested to ensure it's performance, however this seems promising:

using(HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
    var response = await client.GetAsync("http://httpbin.org/get", HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);

    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

    using (var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
    using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream))
    using (var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
    {
      var serializer = new JsonSerializer();

       //do some deserializing http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/Performance.htm
    }
}