How do I get http status code from IE browser control?

I'm not real familiar with that control but is it possible to call the GetReadyState() function? Just a thought I couldn't find much documentation.

My 2 cents...

Specifically, what status are you trying to get?  And if you get it, what would you want to do with it?

In you OnDocumentComplete handler, you can get access to the IHTMLDocument2 interface and perhaps learn something by scraping the contents.  If nothing else, you can get the URL to see if it what you think it should be.

I don't see any clear way to get the actual HTTP status (eg, the 404 or 401 code).  One possibility would be to provide an OnBeforeNavigate2 handler.  Then use CHttpConnection/CHttpFile to pre-read the page and check for an error.  If all is OK, then pass it on to the normal handler.  But there could easily be a better way.

-- Dan

Hi,

If u use the CHttpFile class then u will be able to get the status code from it is method QueryInfoStatusCode( DWORD& dwStatusCode ) to which u have to pass referrence of a DWORD. For the details u can go thru the MSDN even sample code is available in it.

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MRN Murthy

Thanks for the response guys.

I am working on an application which automates the browser and extracts the content of a page.  To decide whether I have a valid page, http status code is a must.

Events like BeforeNavigate2, DocumentComplete etc is raised even for a failure condition.  Parsing the title or content of a page to find the http status code is unreliable.

I cannot use CHttpFile because in case of secure pages (for example SSL), I have to handle all the authentication in my code.  I am sure it is easier to let the browser do the job.

I still wonder why IE is hiding such a simple and important data like http status code. (considering the rich API it provides for parsing the page)

>>I cannot use CHttpFile because in case of secure pages
>>(for example SSL), I have to handle all the athentication
>>in my code.  I am sure it is easier to let the browser do the job.

Given this, then I think you already know what is happeneing... the Webrbrowser control is doing exactly what you want it to do!  It is handling the 40x errors for you!

By the time you get control at OnDocumentComplete, there *is* no HTTP error code for you to process (it would always be 200, "no error")

So now to solve your problem....

You are writing code to automate walking HTML pages, so there is no reason to use a Webrowser control at all -- unless you need a UI for display-only functionality.  SO just drop-dwon to using CHTTPConnection and CHttpFile... but that leaves the problem of handling security such as HTTPS connections.

That turns out to be pretty easy....

After CHttpFile::SendRequest(), you can call pFile->QueryInfoStatusCode or QueryInfo to obtain error info.  When you get back HTTP_STATUS_DENIED, then you can programmatically handle it.  See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/wininet/overview/authentication.asp

Also, the "TEAR" sample on your MSDN disk shows most of what you need to do to grab pages without a web browser.  This link to MS seems to be broken, but it might start working later:

80% TEAR: "Tearing" HTML Pages Off the Internet  
http:// msdn.microsoft.com / library / en-us / vcsample98 / html / _sample_mfc_tear.asp  

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vcsample98/html/_sample_mfc_tear.asp

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A reasonable compromise would be to use both methods -- a WebBrowser control in which you pre-access each URL in the OnBeforeNavigate2 handler.  You have rejected this suggestion previously, so I won't bother to show you any sample code, but if you change your mind, let me know.

-- Dan

hi sgovinda,
Do you have any additional questions?  Do any comments need clarification?

-- Dan

Hi Dan,

The solution you were suggesting doesn't fit my needs exactly. Also. it is quite an amount of work (my schedule doesn't permit it right now).  I would rather try your points at my own leisure.

I have committed to give points anyway.  I can as well give it you.  If you have few samples, you can post it, it would be helpful.

Thanks.