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Asked: 2026-06-08T18:05:36+00:00

I use this code to download string from the Internet public static async Task<string>

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I use this code to download string from the Internet

public static async Task<string> DownloadPageAsync(string url)
{
    HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler {UseDefaultCredentials = true, AllowAutoRedirect = true};
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);            
    client.MaxResponseContentBufferSize = 196608;
    HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);

    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

     string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
     return responseBody;
  }

but it only works for UTF8 documents. Where do I set the Encoding?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In WinRT the HttpContent reads Enconding from the Headers property. If the HTTP response from server doesn’t set the Content-Type header with encoding, it tries to find BOM mark in the stream and if there’s no BOM it will default to the UTF-8 encoding.

    If the server is not sending the right Content-Type header you use the HttpContent.ReadAsStreamAsync() method and use your own instance of the Encoding class to correctly decode data.

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