WebException.Response Property gets the response that the remote host returned.
Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports System.Text public class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Try Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create("invalid site"), HttpWebRequest) Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) myHttpWebResponse.Close() Catch e As WebException Console.WriteLine(e.Message) If e.Status = WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError Then Console.WriteLine("Status Code : {0}", CType(e.Response, HttpWebResponse).StatusCode) Console.WriteLine("Status Description : {0}", CType(e.Response, HttpWebResponse).StatusDescription) End If Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(e.Message) End Try End Sub End Class