SafeHttpWebResponse

SafeHttpWebResponse is a more secure replacement of System.Net.HttpWebResponse to get HTTP responses.

Usage

Namespace

VisionCritical.PanelPlus.Responding

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
CharacterSet	string	Gets the character set of the response.
ContentEncoding	string	Gets the method that is used to encode the body of the response.
ContentLength	string	Gets the length of the content returned by the request.
ContentType	string	Gets the content type of the response.
Cookies	CookieCollection	Gets or sets the cookies that are associated with this response.
Headers	WebHeaderCollection	Gets the headers that are associated with this response from the server.
IsFromCache	boolean	Gets a boolean value that indicates whether this response was obtained from the cache.
IsMutuallyAuthenticated	boolean	Gets a boolean value that indicates whether both client and server were authenticated.
LastModified	DateTime	Gets the last date and time that the contents of the response were modified.
Method	string	Gets the method that is used to return the response.
ProtocolVersion	Version	Gets the version of the HTTP protocol that is used in the response.
ResponseUri	Uri	Gets the URI of the Internet resource that responded to the request.
Server	string	Gets the name of the server that sent the response.
StatusCode	HttpStatusCode	Gets the status of the response.
StatusDescription	string	Gets the status description returned with the response.
SupportsHeaders	bool	Gets a value that indicates if headers are supported.

Methods

Close()

Closes the response stream.

ReturnType void

GetResponseHeader(headerName)

Gets the contents of a header that was returned with the response.

Name	Type	Description
headerName	string	The header value to return.

ReturnType Stream

Example

var request = new VisionCritical.PanelPlus.Responding.SafeHttpWebRequest("http://www.visioncritical.com", "POST");
request.Body = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Body text");
var response = request.GetSafeResponse();
var header= response.GetResponseHeader("ContentType");

GetResponseStream()

Gets the stream that is used to read the body of the response from the server.

ReturnType Stream

Example

var request = new VisionCritical.PanelPlus.Responding.SafeHttpWebRequest("http://www.visioncritical.com", "POST");
request.Body = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Body text");
var response = request.GetSafeResponse();
var stream= response.GetResponseStream();

GetResponseString(encoding {optional})

Gets the body of the response and returns it as a string.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
encoding	Encoding	The encoding to be used for the string (optional will default to UTF8).

ReturnType string

Example

var request = new VisionCritical.PanelPlus.Responding.SafeHttpWebRequest("http://www.visioncritical.com", "POST");
request.Body = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Body text");
var response = request.GetSafeResponse();
var responseString = response.GetResponseString();

GetResponseList()

Gets the body of the response and returns it as a list of strings.

ReturnType List<string>

Example

var request = new VisionCritical.PanelPlus.Responding.SafeHttpWebRequest("http://www.visioncritical.com", "POST");
request.Body = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Body text");
var response = request.GetSafeResponse();
for each (string line in response.GetResponseList())
{
   string lineText = line;
}

GetResponseBytes()

Gets the body of the response and returns it as a byte array.

ReturnType byte[]

Example

var request = new VisionCritical.PanelPlus.Responding.SafeHttpWebRequest("http://www.visioncritical.com", "POST");
request.Body = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Body text");
var response = request.GetSafeResponse();
var responseBytes = response.GetResponseBytes();