GetStringAsync() Method Example Program

A tutorial example is provided on how to use GetStringAsync() method in the System.Net.Http.HttpClient class to send a GET request in a child thread as am asynchronous operation.

Here is my first tutorial example C# program, GetStringAsyncTest.cs, on asynchronous operation with GetStringAsync() method from the HttpClient class:

// GetStringAsyncTest.cs
// Copyright (c) 2016 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
public class GetStringAsyncTest {
   static void Main() {
      string uri = "https://www.herongyang.com/Service/Hello_REST.php";
      HttpClient c = new HttpClient();
      Task<string> t = c.GetStringAsync(uri);
      string s = t.Result;
      Console.WriteLine(s);	
   }
}

If you compile and run it with .NET Framework 4.6.1 SDK, you will get:

C:\herong>set "NET=\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319"
C:\herong>set "REF=C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft
   \Framework\.NETFramework\v4.6.1"

C:\herong>%NET%\csc "/r:%REF%/System.Net.Http.dll"
   GetStringAsyncTest.cs
Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 4.6.1055.0
for C# 5
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\herong>GetStringAsyncTest.exe
<Result>
   <Message>
      Hello from server - herongyang.com.
   </Message>
</Result>

Cool. The example program works! Please note that:

As you can see, we are not using the C# 5 Async feature yet in the example program. So we need to do more tests in next tutorials.

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GetStringAsync() Method Example Program

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