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Asked: 2026-05-13T06:12:41+00:00

I am trying to post some data and get some data back from a

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I am trying to post some data and get some data back from a website. The site does not expose any webservices or API’s and I have no way of modifying the site. The only option is HTML screen scraping. In order to post the data, I first need to log in, get a cookie go to another page get another cookie and go to the final page to post the data. I don’t need any html from the first two pages but need the cookies in order to do the final post.
I am using a System.Net.HttpWebRequest to navigate the site. Is it possible to receive just the cookies (Server headers) without downloading the entire page?
Right now I am using GetReponse() method to get the response stream.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No, not if you’re sending a POST request. You can retrieve just the headers by sending a HEAD request, but then you won’t be able to post the required login credentials.

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