HttpWebRequest.Accept Property (System.Net)

Accept Property

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/.NET Framework 4

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.NET Framework Class Library

HttpWebRequest..::.Accept Property

Gets or sets the value of the Accept HTTP header.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Property Accept As String

public string Accept { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property String^ Accept {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

member Accept : string with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The value of the Accept HTTP header. The default value is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

To clear the Accept HTTP header, set the Accept property to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

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.

Visual Basic

' Create a 'HttpWebRequest' object.
Dim myHttpWebRequest As 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.
Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

// 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();

Visual 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, 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

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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