In C# Webclient class output

Question

In C# console application , i need to capture the out "Internet cannot display the webpage", then i can put my check. If internet browser opens the url means internet connection is there, else connection down. I am using below code

    WebClient client = new WebClient();
        string value = client.DownloadString("http://foo.com");
        Console.WriteLine(value.Length);
        Console.WriteLine(value);
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue");

        Console.ReadKey(true);

Please se the method to capture the output

Answer 1

You have to get the status code from web client.

Based on the status code you can identify the state of the current connection.

Please refer the following code.

How to get status code from webclient?