Class

WebResponse

Description

The response to a WebRequest.

Properties

Name	Type	Read-Only	Shared
MIMEType	String	✓
Status	Integer	✓

Methods

Property descriptions

WebResponse.MIMEType

MIMEType As String

Gets or sets the HTTP "Content-Type" header.

This property is read-only.

The default value is "text/html".

WebResponse.Status

Status As Integer

Gets or sets the HTTP response status.

This property is read-only.

Common values are 200, 301, 302, 403, 404, and 500. The default value is 200. The complete list of valid status codes is available at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html.

Method descriptions

WebResponse.ClearCookie

ClearCookie(Name As String, Domain As String = ".", Path As String = "/", Secure As Boolean = False, HTTPOnly As Boolean = False)

Clears all data from the cookie at the location specified.

WebResponse.Header

Header(name As String) As String

Gets or sets a response header using the specified Name. Setting a header to a blank string removes the header.

WebResponse.Reset

Reset

Resets the request object back to its original state.

WebResponse.SetCookie

SetCookie(Name As String, Value As String, Expiration As DateTime = Nil, Domain As String = ".", Path As String = "/", Secure As Boolean = False, HTTPOnly As Boolean = False)

Sets the value of the Name cookie. The Domain and Path must exactly match the values that were used to create the cookie.

WebResponse.Write

Write(data As String)

Adds the data to the response.

Notes

You are most likely to use this in conjunction with an including WebRequest via the WebApplication.HandleURL event handler. This event handler supplies a parameter (Response As WebResponse) that you can use to send out a reply.

Compatibility

Web projects on all supported operating systems.