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public String GetHttpResponse(string url)
        {
            HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("http://" + url);
            HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse) webRequest.GetResponse();

            int statusCode = (int)response.StatusCode;
            string statusCodeDescription = response.StatusCode.ToString();
            string httpResult = String.Format(statusCode + " - " + statusCodeDescription);

            response.Close();
            return httpResult;

        }