Getting response from WebRequest throws Invalid URI

**anacrisan** · Mar 18 '08, 08:18 PM

I have a strange problem with a WebRequest. It used to work just fine, but now I get an exception (Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.) every time I try to get the response from that request.

Stack Trace:

Code:

   at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind)
   at System.Uri..ctor(String uriString)
   at System.Net.WebProxy.CreateProxyUri(String Address)
   at System.Net.WebProxy..ctor(String Address, Boolean BypassOnLocal)
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.SubmitRequest()
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.finishGetResponse()
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at StockQuotes.Form1.listBox_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)

And the value for the uri is: http://quote.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=MS FT&f=l1n . Which works just fine if I point my browser to it.

I appreciate any help.