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How to Set Limit on Content Length for HttpWebResponse

When I use: 

   response = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();

it will respond with the package content of the entire HTML from the webpage. But I only want to get the header of the webpage. Can I set a limit for response content length?

Thanks you!

Solution

  • If you just need HTTP header - use HEAD request instead of GET. If you need some part of a web page it may be easier to read whole response unless you know what part of it you need. You can either read part of response stream or use range - HttpWebRequest.AddRange.