HttpWebRequest::ContentType Property
Gets or sets the value of the Content-type HTTP header.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
public: property String^ ContentType { virtual String^ get() override; virtual void set(String^ value) override; }
Property Value
Type: System::String^The 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 WebHeaderCollection . If WebHeaderCollection is set, the property value is lost. |
The following code example sets the ContentType property.
// Set the 'Method' property of the 'Webrequest' to 'POST'. myHttpWebRequest->Method = "POST"; Console::WriteLine( "\nPlease enter the data to be posted to the (http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp) Uri :" ); // Create a new String* Object* to POST data to the Url. String^ inputData = Console::ReadLine(); String^ postData = String::Concat( "firstone= ", inputData ); ASCIIEncoding^ encoding = gcnew ASCIIEncoding; array<Byte>^ byte1 = encoding->GetBytes( postData ); // Set the content type of the data being posted. myHttpWebRequest->ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; // Set the content length of the String* being posted. myHttpWebRequest->ContentLength = byte1->Length; Stream^ newStream = myHttpWebRequest->GetRequestStream(); newStream->Write( byte1, 0, byte1->Length ); Console::WriteLine( "The value of 'ContentLength' property after sending the data is {0}", myHttpWebRequest->ContentLength ); // Close the Stream Object*. newStream->Close();
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
