Question

I am using a WebRequest to check if a web page or media (image) exist. On GetResponse i get a System.Net.WebException exception. I ran through 100 links and it feels like its going slower then it should. Is there a way to not get this exception or handle this more gracefully?

    static public bool CheckExist(string url)     {         HttpWebRequest wreq = null;         HttpWebResponse wresp = null;         bool ret = false;         try         {             wreq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);             wreq.KeepAlive = true;             wresp = (HttpWebResponse)wreq.GetResponse();             ret = true;         }         catch (System.Net.WebException)         {         }         finally         {             if (wresp != null)                 wresp.Close();         }         return ret;     } 

Answer 1

Try setting

wreq.Method = 'Head'; 

after the ‘KeepAlive’ line. If the webserver you are calling is smart enough, that will tell it not to return any body contents which should save some time.