Reading data from an open HTTP stream

Question

I am trying to use the .NET WebRequest/WebResponse classes to access the Twitter streaming API here \"http://stream.twitter.com/spritzer.json\".

I need to b

Answer 1

Just use WebClient. It is designed for simple cases like this where you don't need the full power of WebRequest.

System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();
Console.WriteLine(wc.DownloadString("http://stream.twitter.com/spritzer.json"));