How to AutoDetect/Use IE proxy settings in .net HttpWebRequest

Question

Is it possible to detect/reuse those settings ?

How ?

The exception i\'m getting is This is the exception while connecting to http://www.google.com

Answer 1

HttpWebRequest will actually use the IE proxy settings by default.

If you don't want to use them, you have to specifically override the .Proxy proprty to either null (no proxy), or the proxy settings of you choice.

 HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://news.bbc.co.uk");
 //request.Proxy = null; // uncomment this to bypass the default (IE) proxy settings
 HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

 Console.WriteLine("Done - press return");
 Console.ReadLine();