Question

what is the best way to validate a valid url and through error message?

i am using something like this:

 HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

i am doing try and catch to catch the error message

is that enough or can be do better then that?

Answer 1

If you want to see if you get a response from that URL you have to –

WebResponse webResponse = req.GetResponse();