FileWebResponse.ContentType Property

Definition

Gets the content type of the file system resource.

C#
public override string ContentType { get; }

Property Value

The value "binary/octet-stream".

Examples

The following example uses the ContentType property to obtain the content type of the file system resource.

C#
public static void GetPage(String url)
 {
   try
     {
         Uri fileUrl = new Uri("file://"+url);
         // Create a 'FileWebrequest' object with the specified Uri.
         FileWebRequest myFileWebRequest = (FileWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fileUrl);
         // Send the 'fileWebRequest' and wait for response.
         FileWebResponse myFileWebResponse = (FileWebResponse)myFileWebRequest.GetResponse();
         // Print the ContentLength and ContentType properties received as headers in the response object.
         Console.WriteLine("\nContent length :{0}, Content Type : {1}",myFileWebResponse.ContentLength,myFileWebResponse.ContentType);
         // Release resources of response object.
         myFileWebResponse.Close();
     }
   catch(WebException e)
     {
         Console.WriteLine("\r\nWebException thrown. The Reason for failure is : {0}",e.Status);
     }
   catch(Exception e)
     {
         Console.WriteLine("\nThe following Exception was raised : {0}",e.Message);
     }
}

Remarks

The ContentType property contains the content type of the file system resource. The value of ContentType is always "binary/octet-stream".

Applies to

Produkt Verzie
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.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
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1