FileWebRequest.ContentLength Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Net.Requests.dll

Source:

FileWebRequest.cs

Gets or sets the content length of the data being sent.

public:
 virtual property long ContentLength { long get(); void set(long value); };

public override long ContentLength { get; set; }

member this.ContentLength : int64 with get, set

Public Overrides Property ContentLength As Long

Property Value

Int64

The number of bytes of request data being sent.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

ContentLength is less than 0.

Examples

The following code example sets the content length of the data being sent. Refer to the complete example in the FileWebRequest class.

// Set the ContentLength property.
myFileWebRequest->ContentLength = byteArray->Length;
String^ contentLength = myFileWebRequest->ContentLength.ToString();
Console::WriteLine( "\nThe content length is {0}.", contentLength );

// Set the ContentLength property.
myFileWebRequest.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;

string contentLength = myFileWebRequest.ContentLength.ToString ();

Console.WriteLine ("\nThe content length is {0}.", contentLength);

' Set the ContentLength property.
myFileWebRequest.ContentLength = byteArray.Length

Dim contentLength As String = myFileWebRequest.ContentLength.ToString()

Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Lf + "The content length is {0}.", contentLength)