Is there a way to get browser text after url submit in winforms c#

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Hi all,

This might sound like a dumb question, but is there a way for me to see what the browser is displaying after I submit a url using Winforms C#?

Basically the following URL is sent using C# and an sms is sent:

C#

string url = "http://api.panaceamobile.com/json?action=message_send&username=" + username + "&password=" + password + "&to=" + recipient +
                         "&text=" + message + "";

If you paste this link in any browser it will display the following if the client's account has a 0 balance:

{"status":-64,"message":"Out of credit"}

This is all wonderful. But I need a way to get the above text that is displayed in the browser to be sent back to my application and store it in a variable.

Is this possible?

Posted 26-Apr-15 5:11am

Christopher Smit

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I would suggest you don't use the browser to make the HTTP-request but do it yourself with HttpWebRequest[^]. Then it's easy to get the response directly, without "browser tricks".

A Codeproject-Article showing this:
HttpWebRequest/Response in a Nutshell - Part 1[^]

Google-search for more articles:
https://www.google.com/search?q=c%23+httpclient+codeproject&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=c%23+httpwebrequest+codeproject[^]

Posted 26-Apr-15 5:24am

Sascha Lefèvre

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Christopher Smit · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-26T05:22:00

I figured out the solution myself and will post it here for anyone needing it in future.

I just added the following to my code.

C#

WebClient returnValue = new WebClient();
            string value = returnValue.DownloadString(url);

And then the value variable has the browser text.

Thanks!