“too many automatic redirections were attempted” error message when using a httpWebRequest in .NET

Question

I am attempting to request a page like \"http://www.google.com/?q=random\" using the webrequest class in vb.net. we are behind a firewall, so we have to authenticate our req

Answer 1

Make sure you have a cookie container setup.

CookieContainer cookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
loHttp.CookieContainer = cookieContainer;

You are probably not saving cookies and getting caught in a redirect loop.