How to get status code of a POST with Asp.Net HttpWebRequest

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I'm trying to ping Google when my web site's sitemap is updated but I need to know which status code does Google or any other service returns. My code is below:

HttpWebRequest rqst = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://search.yahooapis.com/ping?sitemap=http%3a%2f%2fhasangursoy.com.tr%2fsitemap.xml");
rqst.Method = "POST";
rqst.ContentType = "text/xml";
rqst.ContentLength = 0;
rqst.Timeout = 3000;

rqst.GetResponse();

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-10 07:40:04Z

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You need to use the response - assign it to a HttpWebResponse variable:

HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)rqst.GetResponse();
HttpStatusCode respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;

The HttpStatusCode enumeration will tell you what status code was returned.

answered Apr 10, 2010 at 7:40

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HasanG Over a year ago

Code is ok but I get "OK" as status code. I needed code like 200, 404 etc.

HasanG Over a year ago

I'ts done. If I use int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode; this returns the status code. For more details: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpstatuscode.aspx

Oded Over a year ago

@Hasan Gürsoy - it is an enumeration, so yes, it will be implicitly cast to an integer.

Oded Over a year ago

@Hasan Gürsoy - glad to have been of help :)

Ricky · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-10 07:33:55Z

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Try HttpWebResponse.StatusCode out

answered Apr 10, 2010 at 7:33

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