HttpWebRequest::Referer Property
Gets or sets the value of the Referer HTTP header.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::String^The value of the Referer HTTP header. The default value is null.
If the AllowAutoRedirect property is true, the Referer property is set automatically when the request is redirected to another site.
To clear the Referer HTTP header, set the Referer 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 Referer property.
// Create a 'HttpWebRequest' object. HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest^)( WebRequest::Create( myUri ) ); // Set referer property to http://www.microsoft.com . myHttpWebRequest->Referer = "http://www.microsoft.com"; // Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable. HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse^)( myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse() ); // Display the contents of the page to the console. Stream^ streamResponse = myHttpWebResponse->GetResponseStream(); StreamReader^ streamRead = gcnew StreamReader( streamResponse ); array<Char>^ readBuffer = gcnew array<Char>(256); int count = streamRead->Read( readBuffer, 0, 256 ); Console::WriteLine( "\nThe contents of HTML page are......." ); while ( count > 0 ) { String^ outputData = gcnew String( readBuffer,0,count ); Console::Write( outputData ); count = streamRead->Read( readBuffer, 0, 256 ); } Console::WriteLine( "\nHTTP Request Headers :\n\n {0}", myHttpWebRequest->Headers ); Console::WriteLine( "\nHTTP Response Headers :\n\n {0}", myHttpWebResponse->Headers ); streamRead->Close(); streamResponse->Close(); // Release the response object resources. myHttpWebResponse->Close(); Console::WriteLine( "Referer to the site is: {0}", myHttpWebRequest->Referer );
Available since 1.1
