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HttpWebRequest::Accept Property

 

Gets or sets the value of the Accept HTTP header.

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

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

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The value of the Accept HTTP header. The default value is null.

To clear the Accept HTTP header, set the Accept property to null.

System_CAPS_noteNote

The value for this property is stored in WebHeaderCollection. If WebHeaderCollection is set, the property value is lost.

The following code example sets the Accept property.

// Create a 'HttpWebRequest' object.
HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest^)( WebRequest::Create( myUri ) );
// Set the 'Accept' property to accept an image of any type.
myHttpWebRequest->Accept = "image/*";
// The response object of 'HttpWebRequest' is assigned to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse^)( myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse() );

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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