WebRequest Class makes a request to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports System.Text Namespace Examples.System.Net Public Class WebRequestGetExample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.yourDomain.com/default.html") request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) Console.WriteLine(response.StatusDescription) Dim dataStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream() Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream) Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd() Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer) reader.Close() dataStream.Close() response.Close() End Sub End Class End Namespace