C#

		private Image getImage(string url)<br />
		{<br />
			Image im = null;<br />
			try<br />
			{				<br />
				HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);<br />
				request.Method = "GET";<br />
				request.Timeout = 15000;<br />
				request.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version11;<br />
<br />
				using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())<br />
				{<br />
					using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())<br />
					{	<br />
						im = Image.FromStream(responseStream);<br />
					}<br />
				}<br />
			}<br />
			catch (Exception ex) <br />
			{<br />
				Debug.WriteLine("Exception in getThumbnail. Url: " + url + ". Info: " + ex.Message + Environment.NewLine + "Stack: " + ex.StackTrace);<br />
			}<br />
			return im;<br />
		}