GetResponse Error when page not found

Question

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com/afakepage");
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Head;
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
bool pageExists = response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK;

When the address is an invalid one the software crashes on the 3rd line of the code when its supposed to get response, any way to work around this?

Answer 1

You can get the response like this

    HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com/afakepage");
    request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Head;
    try
    {
        using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
        {

        }
    }
    catch (WebException e)
    {
        using (WebResponse response = e.Response)
        {
            HttpWebResponse httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse) response;
            MessageBox.Show(httpRespnse.StatusCode.ToString());
        }
    }