HttpWebRequest.ContentType Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Gets or sets the value of the Content-type HTTP header.
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringThe value of the Content-type HTTP header. The default value is null.
The ContentType property contains the media type of the request. Values assigned to the ContentType property replace any existing contents when the request sends the Content-type HTTP header.
To clear the Content-type HTTP header, set the ContentType property to null.
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The value for this property is stored in a WebHeaderCollection object. If WebHeaderCollection is set, the property value for ContentType is lost. |
// Change this Uri to a public server
System.Uri myUri = new Uri("http://www.contoso.com");
// Create a 'HttpWebRequest' object.
HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(myUri);
// Set the 'Method' property to "POST".
myHttpWebRequest.Method="POST";
// Set the 'ContentType' property.
myHttpWebRequest.ContentType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Get the 'ContentType' property and print the current value
outputBlock.Text += "HttpWebRequest.ContentType: ";
outputBlock.Text += myHttpWebRequest.ContentType;
outputBlock.Text += "\n";
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