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c#httpwebrequesttimeouthttpwebresponsetimeoutexception
Oktay
Oktay

Reputation: 127

request.timeout doesn't throw exception

 Uri URL2 = new Uri(@"http://www......com");                      
 HttpWebRequest request2 = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(URL2);
 request2.Timeout = 10000;  
 HttpWebResponse response2 = (HttpWebResponse)request2.GetResponse();

I am making webrequest with the codes above. When I write a stupid url such as www.oiasjdilasod.com it throws exception; however when an existing page is not available for few hours I cannot get this exception. it doesn't throw any exception and stop running. When this page is not available i tried at internet explorer, it showed page can not be found http 400 bad request. Do you have any suggestions how to catch this exception?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2275

Answers (4)

Tyress
Tyress

Reputation: 3653

What exception are you throwing? A regular Exception won't do, it has to be a WebException. 

...
catch(WebException e) 
{
 Console.WriteLine("Error: "+ e.Status); 
}

EDIT:

How about a Timeout Exception (Along with the WebException)?

catch (TimeoutException e)
{
 Console.WriteLine(e);
}
catch(WebException e) 
{
 Console.WriteLine("Error: "+ e.Status); 
}

Upvotes: 0

subZero
subZero

Reputation: 307

This Piece of Code Worked for me 

try
            {
                Uri URL2 = new Uri(@"http://www.*****.com");
                HttpWebRequest request2 = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(URL2);
                request2.Timeout = 100;
                HttpWebResponse response2 = (HttpWebResponse)request2.GetResponse();
            }
            catch (WebException e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message.ToString());
            }

Upvotes: 0

user1120073
user1120073

Reputation:

i had the same problem before and 

catch(WebException e) 
{
 Console.WriteLine(e.toString()); 
}

will solve it

Upvotes: 0

dash
dash

Reputation: 91490

The fact that you are getting a response back from the server means that it's available, it's just not working properly - therefore the request is made and doesn't time out because the server has responded.

It's just not the response you wanted.

Instead, you should check the StatusCode property.

 if(response2.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
 {
      throw new Exception("Site is responding incorrectly!");
 }

Upvotes: 1

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