Displaying a txt file accessed via http with a winforms application

Question

I am trying to display the contents of a text file hosted on a server within a richtextbox but am having an error stating URI formats are not supported.

If I access the txt file from my local drive I can do the following:

public void ReadFile() {

TextReader reader = File.OpenText(@"help.txt");
richtextBox1.Text = reader.ReadToEnd();        
}

How can i have the same outcome with a remote file?

The txt file is accessed via http. the Url for example is:

Http://www.example.com/help.txt

possible duplicate of [Download file from URL to a string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3231969/download-file-from-url-to-a-string) — Jesse Good, Jul 12 '15 at 06:39
Amit, I have no experience of httpclient, could you elaborate please? — user1505181, Jul 12 '15 at 06:47
You don't need experience, you need google and webclient. Click the duplicate. string contents; using (var wc = new System.Net.WebClient()) contents = wc.DownloadString(url); — Philip Stuyck, Jul 12 '15 at 06:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '15 at 08:43

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You could do this:

System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();
string url_data = wc.DownloadString("http://example.com/1.txt");
richtextBox1.Text = url_data;

Hope this helps.

answered Jul 12 '15 at 08:43

Aidon Hudson

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