Getting Http Status code number (200, 301, 404, etc.) from HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse

Question

I am trying to get the HTTP status code number from the HttpWebResponse object returned from a HttpWebRequest. I was hoping to get the actual numbers (200, 301,302, 404, etc.) rather than the text description. ("Ok", "MovedPermanently", etc.) Is the number buried in a property somewhere in the response object? Any ideas other than creating a big switch function? Thanks.

HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest                                            .Create("http://www.gooogle.com/"); webRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = false; HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse(); //Returns "MovedPermanently", not 301 which is what I want. Console.Write(response.StatusCode.ToString()); 

Answer 1

Console.Write((int)response.StatusCode); 

HttpStatusCode (the type of response.StatusCode) is an enumeration where the values of the members match the HTTP status codes, e.g.

public enum HttpStatusCode {     ...     Moved = 301,     OK = 200,     Redirect = 302,     ... } 

Answer 2

You have to be careful, server responses in the range of 4xx and 5xx throw a WebException. You need to catch it, and then get status code from a WebException object:

try {     wResp = (HttpWebResponse)wReq.GetResponse();     wRespStatusCode = wResp.StatusCode; } catch (WebException we) {     wRespStatusCode = ((HttpWebResponse)we.Response).StatusCode; }