WebRequest.ContentType Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
When overridden in a descendant class, gets or sets the content type of the request data being sent.
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)
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| NotImplementedException | Any attempt is made to get or set the property, when the property is not overridden in a descendant class. |
The ContentType property contains the media type of the request. This is typically the MIME encoding of the content.
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The WebRequest class is an abstract class. The actual behavior of a WebRequest instance at run time is determined by the descendant class returned by the WebRequest.Create method. For more information about default values and exceptions, see the documentation for the descendant classes, such as HttpWebRequest. |
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