If you're attempting to verify the existence of a web resource, I would recommend using the HttpWebRequest
class. This will allow you to send a HEAD
request to the URL in question. Only the response headers will be returned, even if the resource exists.
var url = "http://www.domain.com/image.png";
HttpWebResponse response = null;
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "HEAD";
try
{
response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
/* A WebException will be thrown if the status of the response is not `200 OK` */
}
finally
{
// Don't forget to close your response.
if (response != null)
{
response.Close();
}
}
Of course, if you want to download the resource if it exists it would most likely be more efficient to send a GET
request instead (by not setting the Method
property to "HEAD"
, or by using the WebClient
class).
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