webclient in c# not get correct result html

Question

I used webclient in c# to fetch html result but it is incorrect.

This is my code snippet.

WebClient client = new WebClient();
string htmlCode = client.DownloadString("https://kat.cr/");
MessageBox.Show(htmlCode);

And the result is not what is seen on the HTML page.

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What should I do so that I can retrieve the actual page?

Answer 1

the html code is compressed.. set the AutomaticDecompression to GZip. Just try this code and it will work (tested it with youe webpage)

        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(urlAddress);
        request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip;
        HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

        if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
        {
            Stream receiveStream = response.GetResponseStream();
            StreamReader readStream = null;

            if (response.CharacterSet == null)
                readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream);
            else
                readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.GetEncoding(response.CharacterSet));
            string data = readStream.ReadToEnd();
            response.Close();
            readStream.Close();
        }

Since you asked for a "webClient" Solution (see comment):
Because the webClient implementation is without decompression you will have to make your own DecompressedWebClient. Pretty easy if you inherit from the WebClient class:

public class AutomaticDecompressionWebClient : WebClient
{
    protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri address)
    {
        var request = base.GetWebRequest(address) as HttpWebRequest;
        if (request == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("You can not use this WebClient implementation with an address that is not an http uri.");
        request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.Deflate | DecompressionMethods.GZip;
        return request;
    }
}