IWinHttpRequest::Status property

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01/07/2021

The Status property retrieves the HTTP status code from the last response.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

HRESULT get_Status(
  [out, retval] long *Status
);


Status = WinHttpRequest.Status

Property value

A value of type long that receives the returned status code.

Error codes

The return value is S_OK on success or an error value otherwise.

Remarks

The results of this property are valid only after the Send method has successfully completed. For a list of status codes see HTTP Status Codes.

Note

For Windows XP and Windows 2000, see the Run-Time Requirements section of the WinHttp start page.

Examples

The following example shows how to open an HTTP connection, send an HTTP request, display the Status and StatusText, and read the response headers. This example must be run from a command prompt.

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <objbase.h>

#include "httprequest.h"

#pragma comment(lib, "ole32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "oleaut32.lib")

// IID for IWinHttpRequest.
const IID IID_IWinHttpRequest =
{
  0x06f29373,
  0x5c5a,
  0x4b54,
  {0xb0, 0x25, 0x6e, 0xf1, 0xbf, 0x8a, 0xbf, 0x0e}
};

int main()
{
    // variable for return value
    HRESULT    hr;

    // initialize COM
    hr = CoInitialize( NULL );

    IWinHttpRequest *  pIWinHttpRequest = NULL;

    BSTR            bstrResponse = NULL;
    VARIANT         varFalse;
    VARIANT         varEmpty;
    LONG            lStatus = 0;
    BSTR            bstrStatusText = NULL;

    CLSID           clsid;

    VariantInit(&varFalse);
    V_VT(&varFalse)   = VT_BOOL;
    V_BOOL(&varFalse) = VARIANT_FALSE;

    VariantInit(&varEmpty);
    V_VT(&varEmpty) = VT_ERROR;

    hr = CLSIDFromProgID(L"WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1", &clsid);

    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        hr = CoCreateInstance(clsid, NULL,
                              CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                              IID_IWinHttpRequest,
                              (void **)&pIWinHttpRequest);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {    // Open WinHttpRequest.
        BSTR bstrMethod  = SysAllocString(L"GET");
        BSTR bstrUrl = SysAllocString(L"https://microsoft.com");
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->Open(bstrMethod, bstrUrl,
                                    varFalse);
        SysFreeString(bstrMethod);
        SysFreeString(bstrUrl);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {    // Send Request.
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->Send(varEmpty);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {    // Send Request.
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->get_Status(&lStatus);
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->get_StatusText(&bstrStatusText);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {    // Get Response text.
        hr = pIWinHttpRequest->GetAllResponseHeaders(&bstrResponse);
    }
    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {    // Print response to console.
        wprintf(L"%s\n\n", bstrResponse);
        wprintf(L"%u - %s\n\n", lStatus, bstrStatusText);
    }

    // Release memory.
    if (pIWinHttpRequest)
        pIWinHttpRequest->Release();
    if (bstrStatusText)
        SysFreeString(bstrStatusText);
    if (bstrResponse)
        SysFreeString(bstrResponse);

    CoUninitialize();
    return 0;
}

The following scripting example shows how to open an HTTP connection, send an HTTP request, display the Status and StatusText, and read the response text.

// Instantiate a WinHttpRequest object.
var WinHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1");

// Initialize an HTTP request.  
WinHttpReq.Open("GET", "https://www.microsoft.com", false);

// Send the HTTP request.
WinHttpReq.Send(); 

// Display the status.
WScript.Echo( WinHttpReq.Status + " - " + WinHttpReq.StatusText);

// Display the date header.
WScript.Echo( WinHttpReq.GetAllResponseHeaders());

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional with SP3 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server with SP3 [desktop apps only]
Redistributable	WinHTTP 5.0 and Internet Explorer 5.01 or later on Windows XP and Windows 2000.
IDL	HttpRequest.idl
Library	Winhttp.lib
DLL	Winhttp.dll