Question

I want to call a website, that is generated depending on request and has an Url length of about 2200 chars.

When I call the donwload-Method with that Url using WebClient, the whole app crashes without any error message. Here is a sample of the link: http://tinyurl.com/bpp25za

How is it possible to download the content than?

Answer 1

You could use WebBrowser instead:

    WebBrowser browser;

    private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        string url = @"your_really_long_url_here";

        browser = new WebBrowser();
        browser.Navigated += new EventHandler<NavigationEventArgs>(browser_Navigated);
        browser.Navigate(new Uri(url, UriKind.Absolute));
    }

    void browser_Navigated(object sender, System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
    {
        string htmlContent = browser.SaveToString();
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(htmlContent);
    }