WebRequest.Create creates a new WebRequest instance for the specified URI scheme.
Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports System.Text Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim url As String = "http://google.com" Dim ourUri As New Uri(url) Dim myWebRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url) Dim myWebResponse As WebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse() If ourUri.Equals(myWebResponse.ResponseUri) Then Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Request Url : {0} was not redirected", url) Else Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Request Url : {0} was redirected to {1}", url, myWebResponse.ResponseUri) End If myWebResponse.Close() End Sub End Class