CRM 2011: How to read Web resource from code

Following code snippet will help you to read content of the web resource.

/// 

/// Reads the CRM Web Resource by its unique name as a string
/// 

        public string ReadContent(string resourceName)
        {
            byte[] byteArray = ReadBytes(resourceName);
            if (byteArray != null)
            {
                return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byteArray);
            }
            
            return string.Empty;            
        }

/// 

/// Reads the CRM Web Resource by its unique name as a byte array
/// 
        
        public byte[] ReadBytes(string resourceName)
        {
            try
            {
                WebResource webResource = new WebResource();

                QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression()
                {
                    EntityName = "webresource",
                    ColumnSet = new ColumnSet("content"),
                    Criteria = new FilterExpression
                    {
                        FilterOperator = LogicalOperator.And,
                        Conditions = 
                        {
                            new ConditionExpression{AttributeName = "name", Operator = ConditionOperator.Equal, Values = { resourceName }}
                        }
                    }
                };

                RetrieveMultipleRequest retrieveMultipleRequest = new RetrieveMultipleRequest { Query = query };

                RetrieveMultipleResponse retrieveMultipleResponse = (RetrieveMultipleResponse)service.Execute(retrieveMultipleRequest);

                if (retrieveMultipleResponse != null && retrieveMultipleResponse.EntityCollection != null && retrieveMultipleResponse.EntityCollection.Entities.Count > 0)
                {
                    webResource = (WebResource)retrieveMultipleResponse.EntityCollection.Entities[0];

                    byte[] byteArray = Convert.FromBase64String(webResource.Content);

                    return byteArray;
                }

            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                
            }

            return null;
        }