ContentType Property
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When overridden in a descendant class, gets or sets the content type of the request data being sent.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Http (in System.Http.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overridable Property ContentType As String
public virtual string ContentType { get; set; }
public:
virtual property String^ ContentType {
String^ get ();
void set (String^ value);
}
abstract ContentType : string with get, set
override ContentType : string with get, set
function get ContentType () : String
function set ContentType (value : String)
Property Value
Type: System. . :: . .String
The content type of the request data.
Remarks
The ContentType property contains the media type of the request. This is typically the MIME encoding of the content.
Note
The WebRequest class is an abstract class. The actual behavior of WebRequest instances 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 and FileWebRequest.
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.