' Create a 'WebRequest' with the specified url.
Dim myWebRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("www.contoso.com")
' Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
Dim myWebResponse As WebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse()
' The ContentLength and ContentType received as headers in the response object are also exposed as properties.
' These provide information about the length and type of the entity body in the response.
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Content length :{0}, Content Type : {1}", myWebResponse.ContentLength, myWebResponse.ContentType)
myWebResponse.Close()