Code Sample: Programmatically Download File Using C#
While browsing forums today I came across a question which asked for a solution to download a file from a web server programmatically. The solution is very simple and below is the code which achieves the goal. Here I am downloading a file asynchronously on Button Click.
1: private void buttonDownloadFile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
2: {
3: string url
4: = @"http://www.onedotnetway.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/image35.png";
5:
6: // Create an instance of WebClient
7: WebClient client = new WebClient();
8:
9: // Hookup DownloadFileCompleted Event
10: client.DownloadFileCompleted +=
11: new AsyncCompletedEventHandler(client_DownloadFileCompleted);
12:
13: // Start the download and copy the file to c:\temp
14: client.DownloadFileAsync(new Uri(url), @"c:\temp\image35.png");
15: }
16:
17: void client_DownloadFileCompleted(object sender, AsyncCompletedEventArgs e)
18: {
19: MessageBox.Show("File downloaded");
20: }
You can also download the file synchronously using WebClient.DownloadFile() method.
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