HttpWebResponse.ContentType Property
.NET Framework 3.5
Gets the content type of the response.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ObjectDisposedException | The current instance has been disposed. |
The following example displays the value of this property.
using System; using System.Net; using System.Text; using System.IO; public class Test { // Specify the URL to receive the request. public static void Main (string[] args) { HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create (args[0]); // Set some reasonable limits on resources used by this request request.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 4; request.MaximumResponseHeadersLength = 4; // Set credentials to use for this request. request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse (); Console.WriteLine ("Content length is {0}", response.ContentLength); Console.WriteLine ("Content type is {0}", response.ContentType); // Get the stream associated with the response. Stream receiveStream = response.GetResponseStream (); // Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format. StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader (receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8); Console.WriteLine ("Response stream received."); Console.WriteLine (readStream.ReadToEnd ()); response.Close (); readStream.Close (); } } /* The output from this example will vary depending on the value passed into Main but will be similar to the following: Content length is 1542 Content type is text/html; charset=utf-8 Response stream received. <html> ... </html> */
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Net;
using namespace System::Text;
using namespace System::IO;
// Specify the URL to receive the request.
int main ()
{
String* args[] = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
HttpWebRequest* request = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest*>(WebRequest::Create (args[1]));
// Set some reasonable limits on resources used by this request
request->MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 4;
request->MaximumResponseHeadersLength = 4;
// Set credentials to use for this request.
request->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultCredentials;
HttpWebResponse* response = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse*>(request->GetResponse ());
Console::WriteLine (S"Content length is {0}", __box(response->ContentLength));
Console::WriteLine (S"Content type is {0}", response->ContentType);
// Get the stream associated with the response.
Stream* receiveStream = response->GetResponseStream ();
// Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
StreamReader* readStream = new StreamReader (receiveStream, Encoding::UTF8);
Console::WriteLine (S"Response stream received.");
Console::WriteLine (readStream->ReadToEnd ());
response->Close ();
readStream->Close ();
}
/*
The output from this example will vary depending on the value passed into Main
but will be similar to the following:
Content length is 1542
Content type is text/html; charset=utf-8
Response stream received.
<html>
...
</html>
*/
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