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.NET Framework Class Library
HttpListenerResponse..::.Redirect Method

Configures the response to redirect the client to the specified URL.

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Syntax
Public Sub Redirect ( _
	url As String _
)
public void Redirect(
	string url
)
public:
void Redirect(
	String^ url
)
member Redirect : 
        url:string -> unit 

Parameters

url
Type: System..::.String
The URL that the client should use to locate the requested resource.
Remarks

The Redirect method is used to redirect a client to the new location for a resource. This method sets the response's Location header to url, the StatusCode property to Redirect, and the StatusDescription property to "Found".

Examples

The following code example demonstrates calling this method.


Public Shared Sub PermanentRedirect(ByVal request As HttpListenerRequest, ByVal response As HttpListenerResponse)
    If request.Url.OriginalString = "http://www.contoso.com/index.html" Then
        ' Sets the location header, status code and status description.
        response.Redirect("http://www.contoso.com/indexServer/index.html")
    End If
End Sub


public static void PermanentRedirect(HttpListenerRequest request, HttpListenerResponse response)
{
    if (request.Url.OriginalString == @"http://www.contoso.com/index.html")
    {
        // Sets the location header, status code and status description.
        response.Redirect(@"http://www.contoso.com/indexServer/index.html");
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
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.