HttpWebResponse.Headers Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.Requests.dll

Source:

HttpWebResponse.cs

Gets the headers that are associated with this response from the server.

public:
 virtual property System::Net::WebHeaderCollection ^ Headers { System::Net::WebHeaderCollection ^ get(); };

public override System.Net.WebHeaderCollection Headers { get; }

member this.Headers : System.Net.WebHeaderCollection

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Headers As WebHeaderCollection

Property Value

WebHeaderCollection

A WebHeaderCollection that contains the header information returned with the response.

Exceptions

ObjectDisposedException

The current instance has been disposed.

Examples

The following example writes the contents of all of the response headers to the console.

// Creates an HttpWebRequest for the specified URL.
HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = dynamic_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create( url ));

// Sends the HttpWebRequest and waits for response.
HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = dynamic_cast<HttpWebResponse^>(myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse());

// Displays all the headers present in the response received from the URI.
Console::WriteLine( "\r\nThe following headers were received in the response:" );

// Displays each header and its key associated with the response.
for ( int i = 0; i < myHttpWebResponse->Headers->Count; ++i )
   Console::WriteLine( "\nHeader Name: {0}, Value : {1}",
      myHttpWebResponse->Headers->Keys[ i ],
      myHttpWebResponse->Headers[ (System::Net::HttpRequestHeader)i ] );

// Releases the resources of the response.
myHttpWebResponse->Close();

// Creates an HttpWebRequest for the specified URL.
HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
// Sends the HttpWebRequest and waits for response.
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();

// Displays all the headers present in the response received from the URI.
Console.WriteLine("\r\nThe following headers were received in the response:");
// Displays each header and it's key associated with the response.
for(int i=0; i < myHttpWebResponse.Headers.Count; ++i)
    Console.WriteLine("\nHeader Name:{0}, Value :{1}",myHttpWebResponse.Headers.Keys[i],myHttpWebResponse.Headers[i]);
// Releases the resources of the response.
myHttpWebResponse.Close();

' Creates an HttpWebRequest with the specified URL. 
Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(url), HttpWebRequest)
' Sends the HttpWebRequest and waits for a response.
Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
' Displays all the Headers present in the response received from the URI.
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.Cr + "The following headers were received in the response")
'The Headers property is a WebHeaderCollection. Use it's properties to traverse the collection and display each header.
Dim i As Integer
While i < myHttpWebResponse.Headers.Count
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Header Name:{0}, Value :{1}", myHttpWebResponse.Headers.Keys(i), myHttpWebResponse.Headers(i))
  i = i + 1
End While
myHttpWebResponse.Close()

Remarks

The Headers property is a collection of name/value pairs that contain the HTTP header values returned with the response. Common header information returned from the Internet resource is exposed as properties of the HttpWebResponse class. The following table lists common headers that the API exposes as properties.

Header	Property
Content-Encoding	ContentEncoding
Content-Length	ContentLength
Content-Type	ContentType
Last-Modified	LastModified
Server	Server