HttpWebRequest.Abort Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Net.Requests.dll

Source:

HttpWebRequest.cs

Cancels a request to an Internet resource.

public:
 override void Abort();

public override void Abort();

override this.Abort : unit -> unit

Public Overrides Sub Abort ()

Examples

In the case of asynchronous requests, it is the responsibility of the client application to implement its own time-out mechanism. The following code example shows how to do this.

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;

public static class WebRequestAPMSample
{
    private const int BufferSize = 1024;

    private class RequestState
    {
        public StringBuilder ResponseBuilder { get; }
        public byte[] ReadBuffer { get; }
        public WebRequest Request { get; }
        public WebResponse Response { get; set; }
        public Stream ResponseStream { get; set; }
        public RequestState(WebRequest request)
        {
            ReadBuffer = new byte[BufferSize];
            ResponseBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            Request = request;
        }
        public void OnResponseBytesRead(int read) => ResponseBuilder.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ReadBuffer, 0, read));
    }

    public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
    

    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            // Create a WebRequest object to the desired URL.
            WebRequest webRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com");
            webRequest.Timeout = 10_000; // Set 10sec timeout.

            // Create an instance of the RequestState and assign the previous myHttpWebRequest
            // object to its request field.
            RequestState requestState = new RequestState(webRequest);

            // Start the asynchronous request.
            IAsyncResult result = webRequest.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ResponseCallback), requestState);

            // Wait for the response or for failure. The processing happens in the callback.
            allDone.WaitOne();

            // Release the WebResponse resources.
            requestState.Response?.Close();
        }
        catch (WebException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nMain(): WebException raised!");
            Console.WriteLine("\nMessage:{0}", e.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("\nStatus:{0}", e.Status);
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue..........");
            Console.Read();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nMain(): Exception raised!");
            Console.WriteLine("Source :{0} ", e.Source);
            Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ", e.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue..........");
            Console.Read();
        }
    }

    private static void HandleSyncResponseReadCompletion(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
    {
        RequestState requestState = (RequestState)asyncResult.AsyncState;
        Stream responseStream = requestState.ResponseStream;

        bool readComplete = false;
        while (asyncResult.CompletedSynchronously && !readComplete)
        {
            int read = responseStream.EndRead(asyncResult);
            if (read > 0)
            {
                requestState.OnResponseBytesRead(read);
                asyncResult = responseStream.BeginRead(requestState.ReadBuffer, 0, BufferSize, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallBack), requestState);
            }
            else
            {
                readComplete = true;
                HandleReadCompletion(requestState);
            }
        }
    }

    private static void ResponseCallback(IAsyncResult asynchronousResult)
    {
        try
        {
            // AsyncState is an instance of RequestState.
            RequestState requestState = (RequestState)asynchronousResult.AsyncState;
            WebRequest request = requestState.Request;
            requestState.Response = request.EndGetResponse(asynchronousResult);

            // Read the response into a Stream.
            Stream responseStream = requestState.Response.GetResponseStream();
            requestState.ResponseStream = responseStream;

            // Begin the Reading of the contents of the HTML page and print it to the console.
            IAsyncResult asynchronousReadResult = responseStream.BeginRead(requestState.ReadBuffer, 0, BufferSize, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallBack), requestState);
            HandleSyncResponseReadCompletion(asynchronousReadResult);
        }
        catch (WebException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nRespCallback(): Exception raised!");
            Console.WriteLine("\nMessage:{0}", e.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("\nStatus:{0}", e.Status);
            allDone.Set();
        }   
    }

    // Print the webpage to the standard output, close the stream and signal completion.
    private static void HandleReadCompletion(RequestState requestState)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\nThe contents of the Html page are : ");
        if (requestState.ResponseBuilder.Length > 1)
        {
            string stringContent;
            stringContent = requestState.ResponseBuilder.ToString();
            Console.WriteLine(stringContent);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue..........");
        Console.ReadLine();

        requestState.ResponseStream.Close();
        allDone.Set();
    }

    private static void ReadCallBack(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
    {
        if (asyncResult.CompletedSynchronously)
        {
            // To avoid recursive synchronous calls into ReadCallBack,
            // synchronous completion is handled at the BeginRead call-site.
            return;
        }

        try
        {
            RequestState requestState = (RequestState)asyncResult.AsyncState;
            Stream responseStream = requestState.ResponseStream;
            int read = responseStream.EndRead(asyncResult);
            // Read the HTML page and then print it to the console.
            if (read > 0)
            {
                requestState.OnResponseBytesRead(read);
                IAsyncResult asynchronousResult = responseStream.BeginRead(requestState.ReadBuffer, 0, BufferSize, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallBack), requestState);
                HandleSyncResponseReadCompletion(asynchronousResult);
            }
            else
            {
                HandleReadCompletion(requestState);
            }
        }
        catch (WebException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nReadCallBack(): Exception raised!");
            Console.WriteLine("\nMessage:{0}", e.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("\nStatus:{0}", e.Status);
            allDone.Set();
        }
    }
}

Remarks

Caution

WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.

The Abort method cancels a request to a resource. After a request is canceled, calling the GetResponse, BeginGetResponse, EndGetResponse, GetRequestStream, BeginGetRequestStream, or EndGetRequestStream method causes a WebException with the Status property set to RequestCanceled.

The Abort method will synchronously execute the callback specified to the BeginGetRequestStream or BeginGetResponse methods if the Abort method is called while either of these operations are outstanding. This can lead to potential deadlock issues.

Note

This member outputs trace information when you enable network tracing in your application. For more information, see Network Tracing.