FileWebResponse.ContentLength Property

Definition

Gets the length of the content in the file system resource.

C#
public override long ContentLength { get; }

Property Value

The number of bytes returned from the file system resource.

Examples

The following example uses the ContentLength property to obtain the content length of the file system resource.

C#
public static void GetPage(String url)
 {
   try
     {
         Uri fileUrl = new Uri("file://"+url);
         // Create a 'FileWebrequest' object with the specified Uri.
         FileWebRequest myFileWebRequest = (FileWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fileUrl);
         // Send the 'fileWebRequest' and wait for response.
         FileWebResponse myFileWebResponse = (FileWebResponse)myFileWebRequest.GetResponse();
         // Print the ContentLength and ContentType properties received as headers in the response object.
         Console.WriteLine("\nContent length :{0}, Content Type : {1}",myFileWebResponse.ContentLength,myFileWebResponse.ContentType);
         // Release resources of response object.
         myFileWebResponse.Close();
     }
   catch(WebException e)
     {
         Console.WriteLine("\r\nWebException thrown. The Reason for failure is : {0}",e.Status);
     }
   catch(Exception e)
     {
         Console.WriteLine("\nThe following Exception was raised : {0}",e.Message);
     }
}

Remarks

The ContentLength property contains the length, in bytes, of the file system resource.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1