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Asked: 2026-05-29T05:27:15+00:00

I have tried several methods in C# using webclient and webresponse and they all

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I have tried several methods in C# using webclient and webresponse and they all return

<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"REFRESH\" content=\"0; URL=http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/games?list=xbox\"><script type=\"text/javascript\">function OnBack(){}</script></head></html>"

instead of the actual rendered page when you use a browser to go to http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/games?list=xbox

How would you go about grabbing the HTML from that location?
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/games?list=xbox

Thanks!

/edit: examples added:

Tried:

        string inputUrl = "http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/games?list=xbox";
        string resultHTML = String.Empty;
        Uri inputUri = new Uri(inputUrl);
        WebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateDefault(inputUri);
        request.Method = "GET";

        WebResponse response;
        try
        {
            response = request.GetResponse();
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                resultHTML = reader.ReadToEnd();
            } 
        }
        catch { }

Tried:

        string inputUrl = "http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/games?list=xbox";
        string resultHTML = String.Empty;
        WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

        try
        {
            resultHTML = webClient.DownloadString(inputUrl);
        }
        catch { }

Tried:

        string inputUrl = "http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/games?list=xbox";
        string resultHTML = String.Empty;
        WebResponse objResponse;
        WebRequest objRequest = HttpWebRequest.Create(inputUrl);

        try
        {
            objResponse = objRequest.GetResponse();
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                resultHTML = sr.ReadToEnd();
                sr.Close();
            }
        }
        catch { }
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  1. Editorial Team

    I checked for this URL, and you need to parse the cookies.

    When you try to access the page for the first time, you are redirected to an https URL on login.live.com and then redirected back to the original URL. The https page sets a cookie called MSPRequ for the domain login.live.com. If you do not have this cookie, you cannot access the site.

    I tried disabling cookies in my browser and it ends up looping infinitely back to the URL https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&checkda=1&ct=1328303901&rver=6.1.6195.0&wp=MBI&wreply=http:%2F%2Fwww.windowsphone.com%2Fen-US%2Fgames%3Flist%3Dxbox&lc=1033&id=268289. It’s been going on for several minutes now and doesn’t appear it will ever stop.

    So you will have to grab the cookie from the https page when it is set, and persist that cookie for your subsequent requests.

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