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HtmlUnit webpage status code

I am trying to get the web status for a given page. However when its a 404 error, the page does not return the status code, rather it throws and error. 

int status= webClient.getPage("website").getWebResponse().getStatusCode();
System.out.println( status);

Any Ideas?

I am looking to see when sites time out, however for testing purposes I malformed the url of the desired website to see if I can even see a 404.

Solution

  • According to this

    You can do this: 

    webclient.setThrowExceptionOnFailingStatusCode(False)

    ****EDIT ***

    This does print out your status code:

     WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
 webClient.setThrowExceptionOnFailingStatusCode(false);
 int status = webClient.getPage("http://google.co.uk/ffffff").getWebResponse()
            .getStatusCode();
 System.out.println(status);

    Prints out 404 - your status code.