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How to get status code of a POST with Asp.Net HttpWebRequest

I'm trying to ping Google when my web site's sitemap is updated but I need to know which status code does Google or any other service returns. My code is below:

HttpWebRequest rqst = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://search.yahooapis.com/ping?sitemap=http%3a%2f%2fhasangursoy.com.tr%2fsitemap.xml");
rqst.Method = "POST";
rqst.ContentType = "text/xml";
rqst.ContentLength = 0;
rqst.Timeout = 3000;

rqst.GetResponse();
Solution

  • You need to use the response - assign it to a HttpWebResponse variable:

    HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)rqst.GetResponse();
HttpStatusCode respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;

    The HttpStatusCode enumeration will tell you what status code was returned.