Hi gauravs,
You have to use WebRequest or WebClient to call a url without opening the browser. Refer the below sample code.
Namespaces
C#
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
VB.Net
Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
Code
C#
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string url = "http://www.aspforums.net/Threads/";
// Using WebRequest
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
string result = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
// Using WebClient
string result1 = new WebClient().DownloadString(url);
}
VB.Net
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim url As String = "http://www.aspforums.net/Threads/"
' Using WebRequest
Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url)
Dim response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
Dim result As String = New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd()
' Using WebClient
Dim result1 As String = New WebClient().DownloadString(url)
End Sub