C# :httpwebrequest

I am trying to set value of referer parameter of httpwebrequest header, but it is giving error-

Function that I am using (C#):

webRequest.Headers.Set(HttpRequestHeader.Referer, "http://www.microsoft.com");

Error:

Invalid parameters. A required parameter is not found or contains invalid value.

From stackoverflow

• Try this method from MSDN If you post your code I can better help you out.

  HttpWebRequest    myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(myUri);
  // Set referer property  to http://www.microsoft.com .
  myHttpWebRequest.Referer="http://www.microsoft.com";
  // Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
  HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse=(HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
  // Display the contents of the page to the console.
  Stream streamResponse=myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
  StreamReader streamRead = new StreamReader( streamResponse );
  Char[] readBuffer = new Char[256];
  int count = streamRead.Read( readBuffer, 0, 256 );
  Console.WriteLine("\nThe contents of HTML page are.......");    
  while (count > 0) 
  {
      String outputData = new String(readBuffer, 0, count);
      Console.Write(outputData);
      count = streamRead.Read(readBuffer, 0, 256);
  }
  Console.WriteLine("\nHTTP Request  Headers :\n\n{0}",myHttpWebRequest.Headers);
  Console.WriteLine("\nHTTP Response Headers :\n\n{0}",myHttpWebResponse.Headers);    
  streamRead.Close();
  streamResponse.Close();
  // Release the response object resources.
  myHttpWebResponse.Close();
  Console.WriteLine("Referer to the site is:{0}",myHttpWebRequest.Referer);
  

• i have already tried solution i.e. given is msdn. thats not working for me and also tried below code but it is also not working for me.

  webRequest.Headers.Set(HttpRequestHeader.Referer, "http://www.microsoft.com");

• There are some reserved HTTP Headers which you can't set via webRequest.Headers.Set Referer is one of them.

  For these there is always a special property to set.

  In your case webRequest.Referer = "http://google.com" will do.

• @kedar kamthe, you can't put HttpRequestHeader.Referer in there, because that is expecting a value, I believe, but not sure... I think you wanted to use this:

  webRequest.Headers.Set("Referer", "http://www.microsoft.com");

  But you should use it as Chris Ballance's example. That should work, but if that doesn't work, just try as I show above ;).

  You should put your code here, so we can see what is wrong.

• Here is typical use:

  HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("");
  req.Referer = "http://www.google.com";
  

  Show your code.