How to set custom "Host" header in HttpWebRequest?

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dr. evil picture dr. evil · Sep 20, 2009 · Viewed 27.3k times · Source

How can I set a custom Host header in HttpWebRequest? I know that normally this class doesn't allow you to do so but is there anyway to use reflection or something like that without actually need me to send the whole packet with TCPClient?

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feroze picture feroze · Sep 20, 2009

There is a roundabout way to do this, as described here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/feroze_daud/archive/2005/03/31/404328.aspx

However, the next version of the framework (.NET Framework 4.0) will make it easier.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ncl/archive/2009/07/20/new-ncl-features-in-net-4-0-beta-2.aspx

Hope this helps.

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