Creating 2 http requests on the same connection

Question

I would like to create 2 HTTP requests on the same connection (HTTP persistent connection).

I'm using HttpWebRequest:

        WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create("http://localhost:14890/Service1/3");
        WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int x = response.GetResponseStream().Read(buffer, 0, 1024);
        string str = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer);

I think if I use request again it will create a whole new HTTP connection which I don't want to do.

Is there another class I can use isntead or is there something I'm missing?

I'm also not sure how the WebClient class works with respect to persistent connections.

Answer 1

Set the KeepAlive property.

For example:

string str;
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("http://localhost:14890/Service1/3");
request.KeepAlive = true;
using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.ASCII)) {
    str = reader.ReadToEnd();
}