HttpRequest.ContentEncoding Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

Important

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Gets or sets the character set of the entity-body.

public:
 property System::Text::Encoding ^ ContentEncoding { System::Text::Encoding ^ get(); void set(System::Text::Encoding ^ value); };

public System.Text.Encoding ContentEncoding { get; set; }

member this.ContentEncoding : System.Text.Encoding with get, set

Public Property ContentEncoding As Encoding

Property Value

Encoding

An Encoding object representing the client's character set.

Examples

The following code example assigns a value representing the description of the current HTTP encoding to a string variable.

String EncodingType;
 EncodingType = Request.ContentEncoding.EncodingName;

Dim EncodingType As String
 EncodingType = Request.ContentEncoding.EncodingName

Remarks

Default content encoding can be specified in the globalization Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema) of a configuration file. If content encoding is also specified by the client, the default configuration settings are overridden.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.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

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