Ajax accessing web site problem

[Ben]

Hi,
I'm in the process of learning Ajax, and trying to convert examples out
of a book to work in a C#.NET environment. I've hit a snag and need some
guidance.
The example I'm working on attempts to access an outside web site
(GoogleSelect, in fact), and does so by using a PHP script. I'd like to do
this without PHP, using only .NET / Ajax functionality.
The PHP script uses its 'fopen(http://...)' call to access the web site,
and returns (via its $echo command) what the web site returned.
How can I (if it's even possible) write an Ajax method in my page's
code-behind that makes a call to another web site and returns what that web
site provides, doing in essence the same thing the PHP script does.
Can it be done? How?
Thanks,
Ben

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[Ben]

Ok, I found the answer:

Create an HttpWebRequest object pointing directly to the full URL (with
parameters).
Call the object's GetResponse method to get an HttpWebResponse object.
Feed that into a StreamReader and use the ReadToEnd method to extract
the string reutrned from the web request.

Thanks, all.
Ben