How to get an specific header value from the HttpResponseMessage

Question

I\'m making an HTTP call. My response contains a session code X-BB-SESSION in the header section of the HttpResponseMessage object. How do I get th

Answer 1

If someone like method-based queries then you can try:

    var responseValue = response.Headers.FirstOrDefault(i=>i.Key=="X-BB-SESSION").Value.FirstOrDefault();

Answer 2

You are trying to enumerate one header (CacheControl) instead of all the headers, which is strange. To see all the headers, use

foreach (var value in responseHeadersCollection)
{
    Debug.WriteLine("CacheControl {0}={1}", value.Name, value.Value);
}

to get one specific header, convert the Headers to a dictionary and then get then one you want

Debug.WriteLine(response.Headers.ToDictionary(l=>l.Key,k=>k.Value)["X-BB-SESSION"]);

This will throw an exception if the header is not in the dictionary so you better check it using ContainsKey first

Answer 3

You can do this more easily now with

var session = response.GetHeaderValue("X-BB-SESSION");

Method returns null if the header does not exist.

Answer 4

You should be able to use the TryGetValues method.

HttpHeaders headers = response.Headers;
IEnumerable<string> values;
if (headers.TryGetValues("X-BB-SESSION", out values))
{
  string session = values.First();
}

Answer 5

Below Code Block Gives A formatted view of Response Headers

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://-------.com"); WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

        foreach (var headerItem in response.Headers)
        {

            IEnumerable<string> values;
            string HeaderItemValue="";
            values = response.Headers.GetValues(headerItem.ToString());

            foreach (var valueItem in values)
            {
                HeaderItemValue = HeaderItemValue + valueItem + ";";                    
            }

            Console.WriteLine(headerItem + " : " + HeaderItemValue);
        }

Answer 6

Though Sam's answer is correct. It can be somewhat simplified, and avoid the unneeded variable.

IEnumerable<string> values;
string session = string.Empty;
if (response.Headers.TryGetValues("X-BB-SESSION", out values))
{
    session = values.FirstOrDefault();
}

Or, using a single statement with a ternary operator (as commented by @SergeySlepov):

string session = response.Headers.TryGetValues("X-BB-SESSION", out var values) ? values.FirstOrDefault() : null;