WebClient.BaseAddress Property
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
/** @property */ public String get_BaseAddress () /** @property */ public void set_BaseAddress (String value)
public function get BaseAddress () : String public function set BaseAddress (value : String)
Property Value
A String containing the base URI for requests made by a WebClient or Empty if no base address has been specified.The BaseAddress property contains a base URI that is combined with a relative address. When you call a method that uploads or downloads data, the WebClient object combines this base URI with the relative address you specify in the method call. If you specify an absolute URI, WebClient does not use the BaseAddress property value.
To remove a previously set value, set this property to a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or an empty string ("").
The following code example downloads data from an Internet server and displays it on the console. It assumes that the server's address (such as http://www.contoso.com) is in hostUri and that the path to the resource (such as /default.htm) is in uriSuffix.
// Create a new WebClient instance. WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient(); // Set the BaseAddress of the Web Resource in the WebClient. myWebClient.BaseAddress = hostUri; Console.WriteLine("Downloading from " + hostUri + "/" + uriSuffix); Console.WriteLine("\nPress Enter key to continue"); Console.ReadLine(); // Download the target Web Resource into a byte array. byte[] myDatabuffer = myWebClient.DownloadData (uriSuffix); // Display the downloaded data. string download = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(myDatabuffer); Console.WriteLine(download); Console.WriteLine("Download of " + myWebClient.BaseAddress.ToString() + uriSuffix + " was successful.");
// Create a new WebClient instance.
WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
// Set the BaseAddress of the Web Resource in the WebClient.
myWebClient.set_BaseAddress(hostUri);
Console.WriteLine("Downloading from " + hostUri + "/" + uriSuffix);
Console.WriteLine("\nPress Enter key to continue");
Console.ReadLine();
// Download the target Web Resource into a byte array.
ubyte myDatabuffer[] = myWebClient.DownloadData(uriSuffix);
// Display the downloaded data.
String download = Encoding.get_ASCII().GetString(myDatabuffer);
Console.WriteLine(download);
Console.WriteLine("Download of " + myWebClient.get_BaseAddress().
ToString() + uriSuffix + " was successful.");
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
