HEAD with WebClient?

Question

I am going to assume the answer is no but.... Is there a way to use WebClient to send the HEAD method and return the headers as a string or something similar?

Answer 1

Most web servers that I request from will accept this method. Not every web server does though. IIS6, for example, will honor the request method SOMETIMES.

This is the status code that is returned when a method isn't allowed...

catch (WebException webException)
            {
                    if (webException.Response != null)
                    {
                        //some webservers don't allow the HEAD method...
                        if (((HttpWebResponse) webException.Response).StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.MethodNotAllowed)

Thanks, Mike