Provide access to response stream about http.fs HOT 5 CLOSED

I wouldn't want to expose the stream directly as it would make it more complex to use, and it's main purpose is to simplify the whole affair.

I could look at exposing the response body as bytes, would that work for you? The RequestDetailed method in FSharp.Data returns an option of text or binary depending on the response content-type (http://fsharp.github.io/FSharp.Data/library/Http.html), I could do something similar. But it would need to be done in such a way as to keep the basic case as simple as possible.

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Hi, thanks for the answer!
Unfortunatly this is unacceptable solution, because I want to download some large binary files (windows iso, for example) and this lead to the fact that response bytes will fill all the memory.

Look to commit in my fork of Http.fs: xkrt@ea5afa8

Example of usage:

let save sourceStream =
    use destStream = new FileStream("file.bin", FileMode.Create)
    sourceStream.CopyTo(destStream)

createRequest Get "http://example.com"  |> runOnResponseStream save

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FSharp.Data now also supports getting all stream directly

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I added getResponseStream, with your implementation. Thanks for that, and sorry for the wait. Better late than never, I guess.. Will get it on NuGet as v1.4.0 soon.

I don't really like the name, but I couldn't think of a better one. I wanted to stick with 'getResponse..' to try and keep it discoverable, although I can imagine it might be confusing that it returns a unit. Hopefully getting something by passing a function is relatively familiar with most people.

If anybody can think of a better name, speak up before I get it on NuGet!

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This in in v1.4.0.

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