WebClient.GetWebResponse Method

Definition

Returns the WebResponse for the specified WebRequest.

Overloads

GetWebResponse(WebRequest)

Returns the WebResponse for the specified WebRequest.

GetWebResponse(WebRequest, IAsyncResult)

Returns the WebResponse for the specified WebRequest using the specified IAsyncResult.

GetWebResponse(WebRequest)

Source:
WebClient.cs
Source:
WebClient.cs
Source:
WebClient.cs

Returns the WebResponse for the specified WebRequest.

C#
protected virtual System.Net.WebResponse GetWebResponse(System.Net.WebRequest request);

Parameters

request
WebRequest

A WebRequest that is used to obtain the response.

Returns

A WebResponse containing the response for the specified WebRequest.

Examples

The following code example shows an implementation of this method that can be customized by a class derived from WebClient.

C#
protected override WebResponse GetWebResponse (WebRequest request)
{
    WebResponse response = base.GetWebResponse (request);
    // Perform any custom actions with the response ...
    return response;
}

Remarks

Caution

WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.

The object returned by this method is obtained by calling the GetResponse method on the specified WebRequest object.

This method can be called only by classes that inherit from WebClient. It is provided to give inheritors access to the underlying WebResponse object.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
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 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

GetWebResponse(WebRequest, IAsyncResult)

Source:
WebClient.cs
Source:
WebClient.cs
Source:
WebClient.cs

Returns the WebResponse for the specified WebRequest using the specified IAsyncResult.

C#
protected virtual System.Net.WebResponse GetWebResponse(System.Net.WebRequest request, IAsyncResult result);

Parameters

request
WebRequest

A WebRequest that is used to obtain the response.

result
IAsyncResult

An IAsyncResult object obtained from a previous call to BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, Object) .

Returns

A WebResponse containing the response for the specified WebRequest.

Examples

The following code example shows an implementation of this method that can be customized by a class derived from WebClient.

C#
protected override WebResponse GetWebResponse (WebRequest request, IAsyncResult result)
{
    WebResponse response = base.GetWebResponse (request, result);
    // Perform any custom actions with the response ...
    return response;
}

Remarks

Caution

WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.

The object returned by this method is obtained by calling the EndGetResponse method on the specified WebRequest object.

This method can be called only by classes that inherit from WebClient. It is provided to give inheritors access to the underlying WebResponse object.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
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 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