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HttpRequest.ContentEncoding Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the character set of the entity-body.

Namespace: System.Web
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public Encoding ContentEncoding { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Text.Encoding
An Encoding object representing the client's character set.

Remarks

Default content encoding can be specified in the globalization Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) of a configuration file. If content encoding is also specified by the client, the default configuration settings are overridden.

Examples

The following code example assigns a value representing the description of the current HTTP encoding to a string variable.

String EncodingType;
 EncodingType = Request.ContentEncoding.EncodingName;

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

HttpRequest Class

System.Web Namespace

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