address check

[Bert]

Hi

I am looking for a function in asp.net/vb.net to check a web address. I want
to check whether the url is really existing. For example
Function(http://www.prut.comm/ ) = false

thanks

B

 

[Mark Rae]

I am looking for a function in asp.net/vb.net to check a web address. I
want to check whether the url is really existing. For example
Function(http://www.prut.comm/ ) = false

Apologies that this is in C#, not VB.NET, but it should be easy enough to
convert:


using System.Net;
using System.Text;

string strURL = "http://www.prut.comm";
using (WebClient objWebClient = new WebClient())
{
using (StreamReader objStreamReader = new
StreamReader(objWebClient.OpenRead(strURL)))
{
// do nothing here unless you want to do more than just "ping" the
URL
}
}

If no response is received from the URL, the above code will generate a
System.Net.WebExeception with the message (in this particular case):
"The remote name could not be resolved: 'www.prut.comm'"

Surround the above with a try...catch and check explicitly for a
System.Net.WebException.

N.B. there may be more elegant ways of "pinging" a URL...

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Try this (from
http://geekswithblogs.net/azamsharp/archive/2006/06/08/81251.aspx):

private bool DoesUrlExists(string url)
{
bool urlExists = false;
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(url);

try
{
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse) req.GetResponse();
urlExists = true;
}
catch (System.Net.WebException ex)
{

}

return urlExists;
}