Read takes a char[]
buffer and returns the number of characters read from the stream.
Here's an example of how to read the response in chunks:
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
var req = WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
req.Method = "GET";
req.Timeout = 5000;
using (var response = req.GetResponse())
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
char[] buffer = new char[1024];
int read = 0;
int i = 0;
do
{
read = reader.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
Console.WriteLine("{0}: Read {1} bytes", i++, read);
Console.WriteLine("'{0}'", new String(buffer, 0, read));
Console.WriteLine();
} while(!reader.EndOfStream);
}
}
I didn't see any extraneous white space or repeated data.