HttpWebRequest.ProtocolVersion Property
Gets or sets the version of HTTP to use for the request.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.VersionThe HTTP version to use for the request. The default is HttpVersion.Version11.
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| ArgumentException | The HTTP version is set to a value other than 1.0 or 1.1. |
The HttpWebRequest class supports only versions 1.0 and 1.1 of HTTP. Setting ProtocolVersion to a different version throws an exception.
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To set the HTTP version of the current request, use the Version10 and Version11 fields of the HttpVersion class. |
The following code example sets the ProtocolVersion Property.
// Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' Object to the mentioned URL. HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.microsoft.com"); // Use the existing 'ProtocolVersion' , and display it onto the console. Console.WriteLine("\nThe 'ProtocolVersion' of the protocol used is {0}",myHttpWebRequest.ProtocolVersion); // Set the 'ProtocolVersion' property of the 'HttpWebRequest' to 'Version1.0' . myHttpWebRequest.ProtocolVersion=HttpVersion.Version10; // Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable. HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse=(HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(); Console.WriteLine("\nThe 'ProtocolVersion' of the protocol changed to {0}",myHttpWebRequest.ProtocolVersion); Console.WriteLine("\nThe protocol version of the response object is {0}",myHttpWebResponse.ProtocolVersion);
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.
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