I personally like my HTTP Util thin DRY extensions over .NET WebRequest better - more readable and concise and you retain access to the underlying HttpWebReques

I personally like my HTTP Util thin DRY extensions over .NET WebRequest better - more readable and concise and you retain access to the underlying HttpWebRequest so you don't lose any flexibility: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Http-Utils https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/wiki/Http-Utils