WebHeaderCollection.IsRestricted Method

Definition

Tests whether the specified HTTP header can be set.

Overloads

IsRestricted(String)

Tests whether the specified HTTP header can be set for the request.

IsRestricted(String, Boolean)

Tests whether the specified HTTP header can be set for the request or the response.

IsRestricted(String)

Source:
WebHeaderCollection.cs
Source:
WebHeaderCollection.cs
Source:
WebHeaderCollection.cs

Tests whether the specified HTTP header can be set for the request.

C#
public static bool IsRestricted(string headerName);

Parameters

headerName
String

The header to test.

Returns

true if the header is restricted; otherwise false.

Exceptions

headerName is null or Empty.

headerName contains invalid characters.

Examples

The following example checks the IsRestricted property to see if any headers are prohibited from being set.

C#
    try {
        // Create a web request for "www.msn.com".
        HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create("http://www.msn.com");

        // Get the associated response for the above request.
        HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse) myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();

        // Get the headers associated with the response.
        WebHeaderCollection myWebHeaderCollection = myHttpWebResponse.Headers;
        
        for (int i = 0; i < myWebHeaderCollection.Count;i++)	
        {
        // Check if the first response header is restricted.
        if(WebHeaderCollection.IsRestricted(myWebHeaderCollection.AllKeys[i]))
            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is a restricted header", myWebHeaderCollection.AllKeys[i]);
        else
            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not a restricted header", myWebHeaderCollection.AllKeys[i]);
        }
        myHttpWebResponse.Close();
    }
    catch(WebException e) {
        Console.WriteLine("\nWebException is thrown.\nMessage is:" + e.Message);
        if(e.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError) {
            Console.WriteLine("Status Code : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusCode);
            Console.WriteLine("Status Description : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusDescription);
            Console.WriteLine("Server : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).Server);
        }
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception is thrown. Message is :" + e.Message);
    }
}

Remarks

The IsRestricted method returns true to indicate that a header is restricted and must be set using properties instead of directly or is set by the system. The restricted headers are:

  • Accept

  • Connection

  • Content-Length

  • Content-Type

  • Date

  • Expect

  • Host

  • If-Modified-Since

  • Range

  • Referer

  • Transfer-Encoding

  • User-Agent

  • Proxy-Connection

Applies to

.NET 10 och andra versioner
Produkt Versioner
.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

IsRestricted(String, Boolean)

Source:
WebHeaderCollection.cs
Source:
WebHeaderCollection.cs
Source:
WebHeaderCollection.cs

Tests whether the specified HTTP header can be set for the request or the response.

C#
public static bool IsRestricted(string headerName, bool response);

Parameters

headerName
String

The header to test.

response
Boolean

true to test the response; false to test the request.

Returns

true if the header is restricted; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

headerName is null or Empty.

headerName contains invalid characters.

Examples

The following example checks the IsRestricted property to see if any request headers are prohibited from being set.

C#
    try {
        // Create a web request for "www.msn.com".
        HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create("http://www.msn.com");

        // Get the associated response for the above request.
        HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse) myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();

        // Get the headers associated with the response.
        WebHeaderCollection myWebHeaderCollection = myHttpWebResponse.Headers;
        
        for (int i = 0; i < myWebHeaderCollection.Count;i++)	
        {
        // Check if the first response header is restricted.
        if(WebHeaderCollection.IsRestricted(myWebHeaderCollection.AllKeys[i]))
            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is a restricted header", myWebHeaderCollection.AllKeys[i]);
        else
            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not a restricted header", myWebHeaderCollection.AllKeys[i]);
        }
        myHttpWebResponse.Close();
    }
    catch(WebException e) {
        Console.WriteLine("\nWebException is thrown.\nMessage is:" + e.Message);
        if(e.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError) {
            Console.WriteLine("Status Code : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusCode);
            Console.WriteLine("Status Description : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusDescription);
            Console.WriteLine("Server : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).Server);
        }
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception is thrown. Message is :" + e.Message);
    }
}

Remarks

The IsRestricted method returns true to indicate that a request or response header is restricted and must be set using properties instead of directly or is set by the system. The restricted headers are:

  • Accept

  • Connection

  • Content-Length

  • Content-Type

  • Date

  • Expect

  • Host

  • If-Modified-Since

  • Range

  • Referer

  • Transfer-Encoding

  • User-Agent

  • Proxy-Connection

Applies to

.NET 10 och andra versioner
Produkt Versioner
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 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