WebRequest - GetResponseSafe
A WebRequest extension method that gets the WebRequest response or the WebException response.
public static void Main() { WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://github.com/"); //C# Extension Method: WebRequest - GetResponseSafe WebResponse value = request.GetResponseSafe(); Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)value).Server); }
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using System.Net; public static partial class Extensions { /// <summary> /// A WebRequest extension method that gets the WebRequest response or the WebException response. /// </summary> /// <param name="this">The @this to act on.</param> /// <returns>The WebRequest response or WebException response.</returns> public static WebResponse GetResponseSafe(this WebRequest @this) { try { return @this.GetResponse(); } catch (WebException e) { return e.Response; } } }