Loading a site's content in C# using backend code

gistfile1.cs

string GetSiteContent(string url)
{
	// Create the web request for the url passed to the method
	HttpWebRequest myRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
	
	// For the sake of this example, we'll be using the GET method.
	// For other options, please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.method.aspx
	myRequest.Method = "GET";
	
	// Get the response and store it in a WebResponse object
	using (WebResponse myResponse = myRequest.GetResponse())
	{
		// Read the result into a string
		using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(myResponse.GetResponseStream(), System.Text.Encoding.UTF8))
		{
			string result = sr.ReadToEnd();
		}
	}
	return result;
}