Check error 404

NSURLRequest *request;
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError **error=nil;
NSData *data=[[NSData alloc] initWithData:[NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&response error:error]];
NSString* retVal = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
// you can use retVal , ignore if you don't need.
NSInteger httpStatus = [((NSHTTPURLResponse *)response) statusCode];
NSLog(@"responsecode:%d", httpStatus);
// there will be various HTTP response code (status)
// you might concern with 404
if(httpStatus == 404)
{
   // do your job
}