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+using System;  
+using System.IO;  
+using System.Net;  
+  
+namespace Examples.System.Net
+{
+    public class WebRequestGetExample
+    {
+        public static void Main()
+        {
+            // Create a request for the URL.   
+            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(
+              "http://www.contoso.com/default.html");
+            // If required by the server, set the credentials.  
+            request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
+            // Get the response.  
+            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
+            // Display the status.  
+            Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
+            // Get the stream containing content returned by the server. 
+            // The using block ensures the stream is automatically closed. 
+            using (Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream())
+            {
+                // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.  
+                StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
+                // Read the content.  
+                string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                // Display the content.  
+                Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
+            }
+            // Close the response.  
+            response.Close();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Network/SendDataUsingWebRequest/cs/WebRequestPostExample.cs b/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Network/SendDataUsingWebRequest/cs/WebRequestPostExample.cs
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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Examples.System.Net
+{
+    public class WebRequestPostExample
+    {
+        public static void Main()
+        {
+            // Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.   
+            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/PostAccepter.aspx ");
+            // Set the Method property of the request to POST.  
+            request.Method = "POST";
+            // Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.  
+            string postData = "This is a test that posts this string to a Web server.";
+            byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
+            // Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.  
+            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+            // Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.  
+            request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
+            // Get the request stream.  
+            Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
+            // Write the data to the request stream.  
+            dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
+            // Close the Stream object.  
+            dataStream.Close();
+            // Get the response.  
+            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
+            // Display the status.  
+            Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
+            // Get the stream containing content returned by the server.  
+            // The using block ensures the stream is automatically closed.
+            using (dataStream = response.GetResponseStream())
+            {
+                // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.  
+                StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
+                // Read the content.  
+                string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                // Display the content.  
+                Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
+            }
+            // Close the response.  
+            response.Close();
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Network/RequestDataUsingWebRequest/vb/WebRequestGetExample.vb b/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Network/RequestDataUsingWebRequest/vb/WebRequestGetExample.vb
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+Imports System.IO
+Imports System.Net
+
+Namespace Examples.System.Net
+    Public Class WebRequestGetExample
+        Public Shared Sub Main()
+            ' Create a request for the URL.   
+            Dim request As WebRequest =
+              WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/default.html")
+            ' If required by the server, set the credentials.  
+            request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
+            ' Get the response.  
+            Dim response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
+            ' Display the status.  
+            Console.WriteLine(CType(response, HttpWebResponse).StatusDescription)
+            ' Get the stream containing content returned by the server. 
+            ' The using block ensures the stream is automatically closed.
+            Using dataStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
+                ' Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.  
+                Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream)
+                ' Read the content.  
+                Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
+                ' Display the content.  
+                Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer)
+            End Using
+            ' Clean up the response.  
+            response.Close()
+        End Sub
+    End Class
+End Namespace
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diff --git a/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Network/SendDataUsingWebRequest/vb/WebRequestPostExample.vb b/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Network/SendDataUsingWebRequest/vb/WebRequestPostExample.vb
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+Imports System.IO
+Imports System.Net
+Imports System.Text
+
+Namespace Examples.System.Net
+    Public Class WebRequestPostExample
+        Public Shared Sub Main()
+            ' Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.   
+            Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/PostAccepter.aspx ")
+            ' Set the Method property of the request to POST.  
+            request.Method = "POST"
+            ' Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.  
+            Dim postData As String = "This is a test that posts this string to a Web server."
+            Dim byteArray As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData)
+            ' Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.  
+            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
+            ' Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.  
+            request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length
+            ' Get the request stream.  
+            Dim dataStream As Stream = request.GetRequestStream()
+            ' Write the data to the request stream.  
+            dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length)
+            ' Close the Stream object.  
+            dataStream.Close()
+            ' Get the response.  
+            Dim response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
+            ' Display the status.  
+            Console.WriteLine(CType(response, HttpWebResponse).StatusDescription)
+            ' Get the stream containing content returned by the server.  
+            ' The using block ensures the stream is automatically closed.
+            Using dataStream1 As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
+                ' Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.  
+                Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream1)
+                ' Read the content.  
+                Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
+                ' Display the content.  
+                Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer)
+            End Using
+            ' Clean up the response.  
+            response.Close()
+        End Sub
+    End Class
+End Namespace
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