HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() , does every StatusCode besides 200 throws exception?

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Calling GetResponse() on an httpWebRequest, In all my testing i saw that this call throws WebException when the request fail.

My question is why is there a StatusCode property on the HttpWebResponse ? It seems that the GetResponse() call will only return responses with status code 200 and throw otherwise.

And should i even bother looking if the StatusCode is not 200 ? Assuming the only thing i can do with this information is throw exception myself ...

StatusCode 200 means everything is OK. if incase you dont know! — Neel, Sep 08 '15 at 05:45
Check this: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpstatuscode(v=vs.110).aspx — Rahul Tripathi, Sep 08 '15 at 05:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '15 at 06:22

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The entire 2xx range means that the operation has completed successfully. Status code 201 for instance, indicates that a new resource has been created.

See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html for a list of all common status codes.

answered Sep 08 '15 at 06:22

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HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() , does every StatusCode besides 200 throws exception?

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