HttpWebResponse.Method Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.Requests.dll

Source:

HttpWebResponse.cs

Gets the method that is used to return the response.

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

public virtual string Method { get; }

member this.Method : string

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Method As String

Property Value

String

A string that contains the HTTP method that is used to return the response.

Exceptions

ObjectDisposedException

The current instance has been disposed.

Examples

The following example checks the string contained in Method, to determine the Http method invoked by the Web server.

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

Method returns the method that is used to return the response. Common HTTP methods are GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, and DELETE.