How to catch The remote server returned an error: NotFound?

Question

I work on a project target Windows Phone 7.5 and above.

I use a method to get online image and check the type of the image, if it is gif then I will coonvert it into jpg and bind it to a image control, if jpg and png, just bind with no encoding.

But codes below throws a error very frequently, "The remote server returned an error: NotFound",why? I have already catch the WebException.

public void GetOnlineImageAndReturnJPGStream(Action<Stream, string> callback, string uriString)
        {
            string errorstring = "";
            try
            {
                WebClient wc = new WebClient();
                wc.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Referer] = "http://www.xici.net";
                wc.AllowReadStreamBuffering = true;
                wc.OpenReadCompleted += (s, e) =>
                {
                    if (e.Error == null && !e.Cancelled)
                    {
                        //check pic type
                        ImageTypeCheck.ImageType incomingIMGType = ImageTypeCheck.getImageType(e.Result);

                        switch (incomingIMGType)
                        {
                            case ImageTypeCheck.ImageType.Gif://if gif 
                                //deal with gif
                            case ImageTypeCheck.ImageType.Null:
                            case ImageTypeCheck.ImageType.Bmp:
                                //deal with bmp
                            case ImageTypeCheck.ImageType.Jpg:
                            case ImageTypeCheck.ImageType.Png:
                                //deal with jpg and png
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        errorstring = e.Error.Message;
                        callback(e.Result, errorstring);
                    }
                };

                wc.OpenReadAsync(new Uri(uriString, UriKind.Absolute));
            }
            catch (WebException webEx)
            {
                App.ShowToastNotification(webEx.Message);
            }
        }

The unhandle exception is below:

{System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. ---> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.InternalEndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.<>c_DisplayClasse.b_d(Object sendState) at System.Net.Browser.AsyncHelper.<>c_DisplayClass1.b_0(Object sendState) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary() at System.Net.OpenReadCompletedEventArgs.get_Result() at xicihutong.DataServiceAgent.ServiceAgent.<>c_DisplayClassa.b_8(Object s, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e) at System.Net.WebClient.OnOpenReadCompleted(OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e) at System.Net.WebClient.OpenReadOperationCompleted(Object arg)} [System.Net.WebException]: {System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. ---> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.InternalEndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.<>c_DisplayClasse.b_d(Object sendState) at System.Net.Browser.AsyncHelper.<>c_DisplayClass1.b_0(Object sendState) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary() at System.Net.OpenReadCompletedEventArgs.get_Result() at xicihutong.DataServiceAgent.ServiceAgent.<>c_DisplayClassa.b_8(Object s, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e) at System.Net.WebClient.OnOpenReadCompleted(OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e) at System.Net.WebClient.OpenReadOperationCompleted(Object arg)} _className: "System.Net.WebException" _data: null _dynamicMethods: null _exceptionMethod: null _exceptionMethodString: null _helpURL: null _HResult: -2146233079 innerException: {System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.InternalEndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.<>c_DisplayClasse.b_d(Object sendState) at System.Net.Browser.AsyncHelper.<>c_DisplayClass1.b__0(Object sendState)} _ipForWatsonBuckets: 0 _message: "The remote server returned an error: NotFound." _remoteStackIndex: 0 _remoteStackTraceString: null _source: null _stackTrace: {sbyte[96]} _stackTraceString: null _watsonBuckets: {byte[5616]} _xcode: -532462766 xptrs: 0 Data: {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal} HelpLink: null HResult: -2146233079 InnerException: {System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: NotFound. at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.InternalEndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Browser.ClientHttpWebRequest.<>c_DisplayClasse.b_d(Object sendState) at System.Net.Browser.AsyncHelper.<>c_DisplayClass1.b__0(Object sendState)} IPForWatsonBuckets: 0 Message: "The remote server returned an error: NotFound." RemoteStackTrace: null Source: "System" StackTrace: " at System.ComponentModel.AsyncCompletedEventArgs.RaiseExceptionIfNecessary()\r\n at System.Net.OpenReadCompletedEventArgs.get_Result()\r\n at xicihutong.DataServiceAgent.ServiceAgent.<>c_DisplayClassa.b_8(Object s, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)\r\n at System.Net.WebClient.OnOpenReadCompleted(OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)\r\n at System.Net.WebClient.OpenReadOperationCompleted(Object arg)" WatsonBuckets: {byte[5616]}

Why? and how to handle it?
unfortunately the error message I post is a Unhandle Exception and told me that our server returns a error, but I thought that I've already catch the 404 error in the Unhandle exception, Why does it throw it anyway?

Pavel Saniuk Pavel Saniuk · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-04T16:37:10

To get more details about the reason of an exception, check the Status property of the WebException object. Also it can be a certificate problem if your app sends an https request.

How to catch The remote server returned an error: NotFound?

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