HttpWebRequest.MaximumResponseHeadersLength Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the maximum allowed length of the response headers.
public:
property int MaximumResponseHeadersLength { int get(); void set(int value); };public int MaximumResponseHeadersLength { get; set; }member this.MaximumResponseHeadersLength : int with get, setPublic Property MaximumResponseHeadersLength As IntegerProperty Value
The length, in kilobytes (1024 bytes), of the response headers.
Exceptions
The property is set after the request has already been submitted.
The value is less than 0.
Examples
The following code example sets the value of this property.
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Net;
using namespace System::Text;
using namespace System::IO;
// Specify the URL to receive the request.
int main()
{
array<String^>^args = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
HttpWebRequest^ request = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create(args[1]));
// Set some reasonable limits on resources used by this request
request->MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 4;
request->MaximumResponseHeadersLength = 4;
// Set credentials to use for this request.
request->Credentials = CredentialCache::DefaultCredentials;
HttpWebResponse^ response = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(request->GetResponse());
Console::WriteLine("Content length is {0}", response->ContentLength);
Console::WriteLine("Content type is {0}", response->ContentType);
// Get the stream associated with the response.
Stream^ receiveStream = response->GetResponseStream();
// Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
StreamReader^ readStream = gcnew StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding::UTF8);
Console::WriteLine("Response stream received.");
Console::WriteLine(readStream->ReadToEnd());
response->Close();
readStream->Close();
}
/*
The output from this example will vary depending on the value passed into Main
but will be similar to the following:
Content length is 1542
Content type is text/html; charset=utf-8
Response stream received.
<html>
...
</html>
*/
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
public class Test
{
// Specify the URL to receive the request.
public static void Main (string[] args)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(args[0]);
// Set some reasonable limits on resources used by this request
request.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 4;
request.MaximumResponseHeadersLength = 4;
// Set credentials to use for this request.
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
Console.WriteLine("Content length is {0}", response.ContentLength);
Console.WriteLine("Content type is {0}", response.ContentType);
// Get the stream associated with the response.
Stream receiveStream = response.GetResponseStream();
// Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8);
Console.WriteLine("Response stream received.");
Console.WriteLine(readStream.ReadToEnd());
response.Close();
readStream.Close();
}
}
/*
The output from this example will vary depending on the value passed into Main
but will be similar to the following:
Content length is 1542
Content type is text/html; charset=utf-8
Response stream received.
<html>
...
</html>
*/
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Public Class Test
' Specify the URL to receive the request.
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
Dim request As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(args(0)), HttpWebRequest)
' Set some reasonable limits on resources used by this request
request.MaximumAutomaticRedirections = 4
request.MaximumResponseHeadersLength = 4
' Set credentials to use for this request.
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
Console.WriteLine("Content length is {0}", response.ContentLength)
Console.WriteLine("Content type is {0}", response.ContentType)
' Get the stream associated with the response.
Dim receiveStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
' Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
Dim readStream As New StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8)
Console.WriteLine("Response stream received.")
Console.WriteLine(readStream.ReadToEnd())
response.Close()
readStream.Close()
End Sub
End Class
'
'The output from this example will vary depending on the value passed into Main
'but will be similar to the following:
'
'Content length is 1542
'Content type is text/html; charset=utf-8
'Response stream received.
'...
'
'
Remarks
Caution
WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.
The length of the response header includes the response status line and any extra control characters that are received as part of HTTP protocol. A value of 0 means that all requests fail.
If the MaximumResponseHeadersLength property is not explicitly set, it defaults to the value of the DefaultMaximumResponseHeadersLength property.
If the length of the response header received exceeds the value of the MaximumResponseHeadersLength property, the EndGetResponse or GetResponse methods will throw a WebException with the Status property set to MessageLengthLimitExceeded.
