.NET: Check URL's response status code?

Question

What\'s the easiest way in .NET to check what status code a web server replies with to a GET request?

Note that I do not need the body of the response. In fact, if possi

Answer 1

If you use HttpWebRequest, it's pretty easy:

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://url");
request.Method = "GET";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
HttpStatusCode status = response.StatusCode;

You can surround that with a blanket catch clause, or look at the docs for WebRequest.Create and .GetResponse to see what exceptions will get thrown.