Property internet.http

Overload

Gets a static System.Net.Http.HttpClient instance that can be used in scripts to download web pages, post web form data, etc.

public static HttpClient http { get; }
Property Value
HttpClient

Remarks

Creates HttpClient only the first time; later just returns it.

Sets these properties and default headers:

internet.http makes easier to discover and use internet get/post/etc functions when using this library. You can instead create an HttpClient instance and use its functions in the same way. See the second example. Use the same HttpClient instance when making multiple get/post/etc requests.

Examples

string s = internet.http.Get("https://httpbin.org/anything").Text();

Without internet.http.

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "Script/1.0");
string s = http.Get("https://httpbin.org/anything").Text();

Or.

using var http = new HttpClient() { BaseAddress = new("https://httpbin.org") };
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "Script/1.0");
string s = http.Get("anything").Text();