How can I catch a 404?

try
{
    var request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
    using (var response = request.GetResponse())
    {
        using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
        {
            // Process the stream
        }
    }
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
    if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError &&
        ex.Response != null)
    {
        var resp = (HttpWebResponse) ex.Response;
        if (resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
        {
            // Do something
        }
        else
        {
            // Do something else
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Do something else
    }
}

Use the HttpStatusCode Enumeration, specifically HttpStatusCode.NotFound

Something like:

HttpWebResponse errorResponse = we.Response as HttpWebResponse;
if (errorResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound) {
  //
}

Where
we is a WebException.

In C# 6 you can use exception filters.

try
{
    var request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
    using (var response = request.GetResponse())
    using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
    {
        // Process the stream
    }
}
catch(WebException ex) when ((ex.Response as HttpWebResponse)?.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
{
    // handle 404 exceptions
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
    // handle other web exceptions
}

I haven't tested this, but it should work

try
{
    // TODO: Make request.
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
    if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError) {
        HttpWebResponse resp = ex.Response as HttpWebResponse;
        if (resp != null && resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
        {
            // TODO: Handle 404 error.
        }
        else
            throw;
    }
    else
        throw;
}

I think if you catch a WebException there is some information in there that you can use to determine if it was a 404. That's the only way I know of at the moment...I'd be interested in knowing any others...

catch(WebException e) {
    if(e.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError) {
        var statusCode = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusCode);
        var description = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusDescription);
    }
}