Question Using WebClient for imitation of brawser

[j0sur]

Hello,
I need to imitate some brawser using .net framework's classes. I think, that it can be done by WebClient, but I need to set my custom header like

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

and in this case I'll get encoded data. How can I decode it? Sanx a lot and sorry for my English.

 

[JohnH]

Easier done with HttpWebRequest, here you can set AutomaticDecompression property. For manual decompression you can use DeflateStream/GZipStream.

 

[JohnH]

An alternative can also be to inherit a class from WebClient and override GetWebRequest method, where you set AutomaticDecompression for the underlying HttpWebReqest.

 

[j0sur]

Easier done with HttpWebRequest, here you can set AutomaticDecompression property. For manual decompression you can use DeflateStream/GZipStream.

But if I will use AutomaticDecompression I need to know which encoding will be used. How can I get encoding type in this case?

 

[JohnH]

Request the compression type you want.

 

[JohnH]

The previous reply was a bit hasty, actually DecompressionMethods is a flags enumeration, the values can be combined as bitwise flags, so you can specify both values using bitwise Or operator (AutomaticDecompression = gzip Or deflate). Also note that when you set AutomaticDecompression the request Accept-Encoding header is set automatically.