htttpwebrequest from textfile - winforms

Question

I have this:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/?qt=edismax_nosyn_a2aperson&q=(huibert faro)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1 OR fk_account:(10847871))&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1 OR fk_account:(10847871))&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=10&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=true");
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch timer = new Stopwatch();
timer.Start();
TimeSpan timeTaken = timer.Elapsed;
try
{
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
timer.Stop();
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
}
try
{
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("testSolar.txt"))
{
String line = sr.ReadToEnd();
txtReadFile.Text = timeTaken.ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("The file could not be read:");
Console.WriteLine(exception.Message);
}
}
But the: HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create is now hard coded. But I have a text file with many request, like this:
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/ qt=standard_a2aperson&q=*:*&fq=(nosyn_name_last_exact:(qxqroelofqxq))&fq=(nosyn_name_patronym_exact:(qxqharmsqxq))&spellcheck.q=(qxqroelofqxq qxqharmsqxq)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&fq=date_main:[0 TO 18133112]&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1)&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=0&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/ qt=edismax_nosyn_a2aperson&q=(arie van Hattum)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&fq=(fk_collectiontype:6)&fq=(fk_eventrole:63)&fq=date_main:[18430000 TO 19513112]&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1)&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=0&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/ qt=edismax_nosyn_a2aperson&q=(huibert faro)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1 OR fk_account:(10847871))&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1 OR fk_account:(10847871))&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=10&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/ qt=edismax_nosyn_a2aperson&q=(huibert faro)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1 OR fk_account:(10847871))&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1 OR fk_account:(10847871))&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=10&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/ qt=edismax_nosyn_a2aperson&q=(ickson)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1)&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=0&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=false&echoParams=EXPLICIT
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/wiewaswie_live/select/ qt=edismax_nosyn_a2aperson&q=(ickson)&fq={!tag%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:1&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:3 AND (b_public:1)&facet.query={!ex%3Dalldoctypes}doc_type:2 AND (b_public:1)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=0&sort=name_last asc, score desc&omitHeader=false&echoParams=EXPLICIT
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/combi_live/select/ qt=standard_a2aperson&q=(((((nosyn_name_last_b_exact:(qxqkuilenburgqxq))))))&fq=(nosyn_name_last_exact:(qxqbroekqxq))&spellcheck.q=(qxqbroekqxq kuilenburg)&fq=(fk_collectiontype:6)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=10&sort=date_main asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/combi_live/select/ qt=standard_a2aperson&q=(((((nosyn_name_last_b_exact:(qxqkuilenburgqxq))))))&fq=(nosyn_name_last_exact:(qxqbroekqxq))&spellcheck.q=(qxqbroekqxq kuilenburg)&fq=(fk_collectiontype:6)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=10&sort=date_main asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/combi_live/select/ qt=standard_a2aperson&q=(((((nosyn_name_last_b_exact:(qxqkruijsqxq))))))&fq=(nosyn_name_first_exact:(qxqw*qxq))&fq=(nosyn_name_last_exact:(qxqtreurenqxq))&spellcheck.q=(qxqw*qxq qxqtreurenqxq kruijs)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=0&sort=date_main asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
http://10.123.9.66:80/solr_3.6/combi_live/select/ qt=standard_a2aperson&q=(((((nosyn_name_last_b_exact:(qxqkruijsqxq))))))&fq=(nosyn_name_first_exact:(qxqw*qxq))&fq=(nosyn_name_last_exact:(qxqtreurenqxq))&spellcheck.q=(qxqw*qxq qxqtreurenqxq kruijs)&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.count=-3&start=0&sort=date_main asc, score desc&omitHeader=true
And so from each http I want to see the response time in the textbox(): txtReadFile.Text = timeTaken.ToString();
Thank you.

Answer 1

First, you are using the StopWatch class wrong. You are supposed to start it, stop it and then get the elapsed time.
Next, if you are trying to read the file and use the urls in that file, then you would need to read the file first and then try to connect to the urls.
Below is what I believe you want, as a console app. If you want to use it in a WinForm application, you can easily use the Dictionary<string, TimeSpan> to populate a datagrid or listview for more friendly viewing interface.
//Consider making this configurable
const string sourceFile = #"testSolar.txt";
var requester = new WebClient();
var times = new Dictionary<string, TimeSpan>();
var stopwatch = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
//Add header so if headers are tracked, it will show it is your application rather than something ambiguous
requester.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.UserAgent, "Response-Tester-Client");
var urlList = new List<string>();
//Loop through the lines in the file to get the urls to hit against
try
{
stopwatch.Start();
using (var reader = new StreamReader(sourceFile))
{
while (!reader.EndOfStream)
{
urlList.Add(reader.ReadLine());
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An error occured while attempting to access the source file at {0}", sourceFile);
}
finally
{
//Stop, record and reset the stopwatch
stopwatch.Stop();
times.Add("FileReadTime", stopwatch.Elapsed);
stopwatch.Reset();
}
//Try to connect to each url
var counter = 1;
foreach (var url in urlList)
{
try
{
stopwatch.Start();
requester.DownloadString(url);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An error occured while attempting to connect to {0}", url);
}
finally
{
stopwatch.Stop();
//We use the counter for a friendlier url as the current ones are unwieldly
times.Add("Url " + counter, stopwatch.Elapsed);
counter++;
stopwatch.Reset();
}
}
//Release the resources for the WebClient
requester.Dispose();
//Write the response times
foreach (var key in times.Keys)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", key, times[key].TotalSeconds);
}