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WebResponse::ContentType Property

.NET Framework 4.5

When overridden in a derived class, gets or sets the content type of the data being received.

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

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

Property Value

Type: System::String
A string that contains the content type of the response.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
NotSupportedException	Any attempt is made to get or set the property, when the property is not overridden in a descendant class.

Remarks

The ContentType property contains the MIME content type of the response from the Internet resource, if known.

Note
The WebResponse class is an abstract class. The actual behavior of WebResponse instances at run time is determined by the descendant class returned by WebRequest::GetResponse. For more information about default values and exceptions, please see the documentation for the descendant classes, such as HttpWebResponse and FileWebResponse.

Examples

The following example uses the ContentType property to obtain the content type of the response.

C++

// Create a 'WebRequest' with the specified url.
WebRequest^ myWebRequest = WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com" );

// Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
WebResponse^ myWebResponse = myWebRequest->GetResponse();

// Display the content length and content type received as headers in the response object.
Console::WriteLine( "\nContent length : {0}, Content Type : {1}", myWebResponse->ContentLength, myWebResponse->ContentType );

// Release resources of response object.
myWebResponse->Close();

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

WebResponse Class

System.Net Namespace

HttpWebResponse::ContentType

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