How to check if System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData is downloading a binary file?

Question

I am trying to use WebClient to download a file from web using a WinForms application. However, I really only want to download HTML file. Any other type I will

Answer 1

Here is a method using TCP, which http is built on top of. It will return when connected or after the timeout (milliseconds), so the value may need to be changed depending on your situation

var result = false;
try {
    using (var socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp)) {
        var asyncResult = socket.BeginConnect(yourUri.AbsoluteUri, 80, null, null);
        result = asyncResult.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(100, true);
        socket.Close();
    }
}
catch { }
return result;