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HttpWebRequest.Accept Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the value of the Accept HTTP header.

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

public string Accept { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The value of the Accept HTTP header. The default value is null.

Remarks

To clear the Accept HTTP header, set the Accept property to null.

Note
The value for this property is stored in WebHeaderCollection. If WebHeaderCollection is set, the property value is lost.

Examples

The following code example sets the Accept property.

C++

// Create a 'HttpWebRequest' object.
HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(myUri);
// Set the 'Accept' property to accept an image of any type.
myHttpWebRequest.Accept="image/*";
// The response object of 'HttpWebRequest' is assigned to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse=(HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

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

HttpWebRequest Class

System.Net Namespace

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