WebHttpClient - Command Line tool for quickly creating a httprequest

webhttpclient.exe

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace WebHttpClient
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (!args.Any())
            {
                PrintHelp();
                return;
            }

            var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

            try
            {
                // first argument should be the url
                var url = args.FirstOrDefault();
                if (url == null) throw new Exception("First argument should be a url");

                
                var content = string.Empty;
                var client = new WebClient();
                Console.WriteLine("Opening read mode for: " + url);
                using (var stream = client.OpenRead(url))
                {
                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Reading output stream...");
                        content = reader.ReadToEnd();    
                    }
                }

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                Console.ResetColor();
                stopwatch.Stop();

                Console.WriteLine("Finished in {0} ms.", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
            }


        }

        static void PrintHelp()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("WebHttpClient - a simple powertool by hanssens.com");
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Usage instructions:");
            Console.WriteLine("httpwebclient.exe <url>");
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
        
    }
}