WebClient throws exception on 404

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I have stumbled across an insane behavior of WebClient where it throws WebException on 404 code.

This behavior is wrong because the 404 code can be returned with content data like in the case of Facebook: https://graph.facebook.com/sadfsa.dsadsasadsa

So this code throws an exception

 var json = webClient.DownloadString("https://graph.facebook.com/sadfsa.dsadsasadsa");

How do I read the json returned by 404 Facebook?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8915785/webclient-downloadstringurl-when-this-url-returns-a-404-page-how-can-i-skip-t — dumdum, Sep 22 '12 at 23:18

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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I don't think that WebClient has insane behavior. Try to catch WebException and read webException.Response.GetResponseStream

See a similar question: C# WebException how to get whole response with a body?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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It's too bad that you don't think that WebClient has insane behavior – user1615362 Sep 22 '12 at 23:33
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a http status code other than 200 is not an exceptional state. – fusi Mar 01 '16 at 10:34

WebClient throws exception on 404

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