Reputation: 3
I'm using the following method to check if a URL Exists or is valid.
class MyClient : WebClient
{
public bool HeadOnly { get; set; }
protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri address)
{
WebRequest req = base.GetWebRequest(address);
if (HeadOnly && req.Method == "GET")
{
req.Method = "HEAD";
}
return req;
}
}
private static Boolean CheckURL(string url)
{
using (MyClient myclient = new MyClient())
{
try
{
myclient.HeadOnly = true;
// fine, no content downloaded
string s1 = myclient.DownloadString(url);
return true;
}
catch (Exception error)
{
return false;
}
}
}
Is my approach correct? How to Display the Status of a checked URL eg:404,Success etc to the user?
Please advice..
Upvotes: 0
Views: 3451
Reputation: 673
Here is your question of answer.
public static void isURLExist(string url)
{
try
{
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(url);
WebResponse res = req.GetResponse();
Console.WriteLine("Url Exists");
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
if (ex.Message.Contains("remote name could not be resolved"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Url is Invalid");
}
}
}
Upvotes: 2