When overridden in a derived class, gets a collection of header name-value pairs associated with this request.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Headers As WebHeaderCollectionpublic virtual WebHeaderCollection Headers { get; }public:
virtual property WebHeaderCollection^ Headers {
WebHeaderCollection^ get ();
}abstract Headers : WebHeaderCollection
override Headers : WebHeaderCollectionProperty Value
Type: System.NetAn instance of the WebHeaderCollection class that contains header values associated with this response.
| Exception | Condition |
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| NotSupportedException | Any attempt is made to get or set the property, when the property is not overridden in a descendant class. |
The Headers property contains the name-value header pairs returned in the response.
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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 |
The following example displays all of the header name-value pairs returned in the WebResponse.
' Create a 'WebRequest' object 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()
' Display all the Headers present in the response received from the URl.
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The following headers were received in the response")
' Headers property is a 'WebHeaderCollection'. Use it's properties to traverse the collection and display each header
Dim i As Integer
While i < myWebResponse.Headers.Count
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Header Name:{0}, Header value :{1}", myWebResponse.Headers.Keys(i), myWebResponse.Headers(i))
i = i + 1
End While
' Release resources of response object.
myWebResponse.Close()
// Create a 'WebRequest' object with the specified url.
WebRequest myWebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com");
// Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
WebResponse myWebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse();
// Display all the Headers present in the response received from the URl.
Console.WriteLine("\nThe following headers were received in the response");
// Display each header and it's key , associated with the response object.
for(int i=0; i < myWebResponse.Headers.Count; ++i)
Console.WriteLine("\nHeader Name:{0}, Header value :{1}",myWebResponse.Headers.Keys[i],myWebResponse.Headers[i]);
// Release resources of response object.
myWebResponse.Close();
// Create a 'WebRequest' object with the specified url.
WebRequest^ myWebRequest = WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com" );
// Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
WebResponse^ myWebResponse = myWebRequest->GetResponse();
// Display all the Headers present in the response received from the URl.
Console::WriteLine( "\nThe following headers were received in the response" );
// Display each header and its key , associated with the response object.
for ( int i = 0; i < myWebResponse->Headers->Count; ++i )
Console::WriteLine( "\nHeader Name: {0}, Header value : {1}", myWebResponse->Headers->Keys[ i ], myWebResponse->Headers[ i ] );
// Release resources of response object.
myWebResponse->Close();
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
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