How to create a socket on client side to web server from its hostname and Port number in C#?

Question

I want to create a client socket to a web server knowing its hostname and port. I am asking this question from java background where you can simply write something like this

       Socket MyClient;
       try 
       {
            MyClient = new Socket("Hostname", PortNumber);
       }
      catch (IOException e) 
       {
            System.out.println(e);
       }

Is there a similar way to write that in C# ?

Answer 1

No need to reinvent the wheel if you plan to use the socket for HTTP communication. You can use the WebClient class to do the dirty work for you.

Answer 2

here sample for you.

   private string getHTTP(string url)
    {
        TcpClient clientSocket = new TcpClient();
        NetworkStream networkStream = null;
        long port = 7777;
        try
        {
            try
            {

                clientSocket.Connect(url,port );
            }
            catch { MessageBox.Show("Server is not Working", "Error!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning); return "Server is not working"; }
            byte[] sendbyte = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(url);

            networkStream = clientSocket.GetStream();
            networkStream.Write(sendbyte, 0, sendbyte.Length);
            networkStream.Flush();
        }
        catch { MessageBox.Show("Streaming Error", "Error!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning); return "Error"; }
        // receive Message from DNS Server
        byte[] receivedata = new byte[clientSocket.ReceiveBufferSize];
        networkStream.Read(receivedata, 0, clientSocket.ReceiveBufferSize);

        string urlnew = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(receivedata);

        return urlnew;
    }

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Answer 3

From the answers provided an idea jumped out of my mind , this is what i think could be the simple answer:

    public Socket getSocket1(string Hostname, int PortNmber)
    {
        TcpClient client = new TcpClient(Hostname, PortNumber);
        return client.Client;
    }