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How to read HttpResponseMessage content as text


The textual representation of the response is hidden in the Content property of the HttpResponseMessage class. Specifically, you get the response like this:

response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Like all modern Async methods, ReadAsStringAsync returns a Task. To get the result directly, use the Result property of the task:

response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

Note that Result is blocking. You can also await ReadAsStringAsync().


You can use ReadAsStringAsync on the Content.

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Note that you usually should be using await - not .Result.


You can you ReadAsStringAsync() method

var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

We need to use await because we are using ReadAsStringAsync() which return task.