Get HTTP status code in ASP.NET

Question

In this post, we will walk you through an example of requesting a website and receiving its status code.

HTTP Response Status Code Categories

First of all, let's discuss the difference between the five HTTP response status code categories:

1. Informational response (100 - 199)
2. Successful response (200 - 299)
3. Redirection message (300 - 399)
4. Client error response (400 - 499)
5. Server error response (500 - 599)

How to Create a Web Request?

To create a web request you need to use the HttpWebRequest class that enables you to request a server using Http by using WebRequest.Create() method.Remember to add System.Net namespace so you can access theses classes.

using System.Net;

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(“https://debug.to”);

Then you need to get the response for that site request using the class HttpWebResponse and the method GetResponse()

HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

Get HTTP status code in ASP.NET

Now you can get the status code for that response using the HttpStatusCode class 

HttpStatusCode statusCode = response.StatusCode;

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Conclusion

In conclusion, we have explored the HTTP Response Status Code Categories and how to Get HTTP status code in ASP.NET.