HttpWebResponse.Server Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.Requests.dll

Source:

HttpWebResponse.cs

Gets the name of the server that sent the response.

public:
 property System::String ^ Server { System::String ^ get(); };

public string Server { get; }

member this.Server : string

Public ReadOnly Property Server As String

Property Value

String

A string that contains the name of the server that sent the response.

Exceptions

ObjectDisposedException

The current instance has been disposed.

Examples

The following example uses the Server property to display the Web server's name to the console.

try
{
   // Creates an HttpWebRequest for the specified URL.
   HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest^)( WebRequest::Create( url ) );
   HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse^)( myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse() );
   String^ method;
   method = myHttpWebResponse->Method;
   if ( String::Compare( method, "GET" ) == 0 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "\nThe 'GET' method was successfully invoked on the following Web Server : {0}",
         myHttpWebResponse->Server );
   }
   // Releases the resources of the response.
   myHttpWebResponse->Close();
}
catch ( WebException^ e ) 
{
   Console::WriteLine( "\nWebException raised. The following error occurred : {0}", e->Status );
}
catch ( Exception^ e ) 
{
   Console::WriteLine( "\nThe following Exception was raised : {0}", e->Message );
}

    try
      {	
        // Creates an HttpWebRequest for the specified URL.
            HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
            HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
            string method ;
            method = myHttpWebResponse.Method;
            if (String.Compare(method,"GET") == 0)
                Console.WriteLine("\nThe 'GET' method was successfully invoked on the following Web Server : {0}",
                                   myHttpWebResponse.Server);
            // Releases the resources of the response.
            myHttpWebResponse.Close();
      }
    catch(WebException e)
       {
            Console.WriteLine("\nWebException raised. The following error occurred : {0}",e.Status);
       }
    catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nThe following Exception was raised : {0}",e.Message);
        }
}

Try
      Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(url), HttpWebRequest)
      Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
      Dim method As String
      method = myHttpWebResponse.Method
      If [String].Compare(method, "GET") = 0 Then
          Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.NewLine + "The GET method was successfully invoked on the following Web Server : {0}", myHttpWebResponse.Server)
      End If
      ' Releases the resources of the response.
      myHttpWebResponse.Close()
  Catch e As WebException
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.NewLine + "Exception Raised. The following error occurred : {0}", e.Status)
  Catch e As Exception
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.NewLine + "The following exception was raised : {0}", e.Message)
  End Try

Remarks

The Server property contains the value of the Server header returned with the response.