Easier way to download a string with cookies?

Question

Is there an easier way to write this? I know if i didnt need cookies i could have done

var sz = new WebClient().DownloadString(url);

But i need cookies bc of login data so i am stuck with this instead. Is there a way to make it short like the line above?

        request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
        request.CookieContainer = cookie;
        string sz;
        using (var r = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
        {
            using(var r2 = (TextReader)new StreamReader(r))
            {
                sz= r2.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }

Does http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1777221/c-using-cookiecontainer-with-webclient-class help? — Oren Trutner, Dec 19 '09 at 08:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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Déjà vu... I think I've answered this question before! :-)

Take a look at Using CookieContainer with WebClient class

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Dec 27 '09 at 00:07

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Easier way to download a string with cookies?

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