C# auto detect proxy settings

Question

C# 2008 SP1

I am using the code to detect if a proxy has been set under \"Internet Options\". If there is a proxy then I will set this in my webclient.

So I

Answer 1

It appears that WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy is the official replacement for WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy.

You should be able to drop that in to your original code with only a little modification. Something like:

WebProxy proxy = (WebProxy) WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy;
if (proxy.Address.AbsoluteUri != string.Empty)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Proxy URL: " + proxy.Address.AbsoluteUri);
    wc.Proxy = proxy;
}