The type or namespace "HTTPGet" could not be found

Question

I'm using Visual Studio to code in C#. This is my part of code where I have some problems:

HttpGet req = new HttpGet();
req.Request("http://checkip.dyndns.org");
string[] a = req.ResponseBody.Split(':');
string a2 = a[1].Substring(1);
string[] a3 = a2.Split('<');
string a4 = a3[0];
label3.Text = "Public IP Address: " + a4;

That's what I included:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Management;
using static System.Object;
using System.Net.Http;

And I still get this error:

The type or namespace "HTTPGet" could not be found.

What can I do?

@KobyDouek The type or namespace name 'Http' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference?) — Mateas Mario, Aug 31 '17 at 12:55
Check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19311044/the-type-or-namespace-name-httpget-could-not-be-found-when-add-system-web-htt) — Priyal, Aug 31 '17 at 12:59
Where did you get that code from? There’s no `HttpGet` type in the CLR. — poke, Aug 31 '17 at 13:04
`HttpGet` isn't a class. `HttpGetAttribute` *is* a class, but it isn't used to make requests. — , Aug 31 '17 at 13:04
Searched on internet on how to get a public IP address in Visual C#. Found this — Mateas Mario, Aug 31 '17 at 13:06
It's a complete mystery what was intended with this code. I can't locate any framework types with a `ResponseBody` property. Are you sure it wasn't just someone's sketch/pseudo-code? — Damien_The_Unbeliever, Aug 31 '17 at 13:08
Maybe I found the source? https://stackoverflow.com/a/7838551/47589 — , Aug 31 '17 at 13:17
@poke - it's a broken link, as one commenter already mentioned on that answer. — Damien_The_Unbeliever, Aug 31 '17 at 13:20
you know what your code need to do ? :), what you trying to achieve, make a quastion not a pointer to some problem you have — Leon Barkan, Aug 31 '17 at 13:20
Yup. Take the user's public IP, make it a string and show it in a label. — Mateas Mario, Aug 31 '17 at 13:21
Just [choose another answer from the linked question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3253701/get-public-external-ip-address). — poke, Aug 31 '17 at 13:22
Well you could look at the other answers to that question..... — , Aug 31 '17 at 13:22
So let me understand. You chose an answer that you couldn't get working. Instead of choosing another answer on that question, you asked for help with it, despite the comments on the original answer, and you don't mention that answer here? Meanwhile the original question has an accepted answer, and that isn't the answer you chose. Is that the gist of it? — , Aug 31 '17 at 13:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '17 at 13:36

i think you want create http request through GET. also you need something similar to HttpWebRequest:

C# how to properly make a http web GET request

or maybe you mix up with attributes Understanding [HttpPost], [HttpGet] and Complex Actionmethod parameters in MVC

The type or namespace "HTTPGet" could not be found

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