Checking HTTP Status in Selenium

Question

Can I check the HTTP status code in Selenium, If yes then How?

I  have main interest in Selenium RC, but if someone knows the answer for selenium web driver then, I can probably easily translate it into RC.

Answer 1

This might not be the best use of Selenium for this type of test. There is unnecessary need to load a browser when you could do and have a faster running test

[Test]
[ExpectedException(typeof(WebException), UserMessage = "The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found")]
public void ThrowA404()
{
    HttpWebRequest tasks;
    HttpWebResponse taskresponse = null;
    tasks = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://foo.bar/thiswontexistevenifiwishedonedayitwould.html");
    taskresponse = (HttpWebResponse)task.GestResponse();
}