However, if you use HttpClient as it was intended (asynchronously), then the code gets simpler. If I use await and async, as shown in Listing 4, the code isn’t quite as short as with the WebClient … ...

If you’re going to call a RESTful Web Service, the .NET Framework gives you three objects you can use to make the call: HttpWebRequest, WebClient and HttpClient. Each has its costs and benefits (of ...