C# download file from textbox url

If you want to download to a file avoid first reading to memory by using ResponseHeadersRead like this:. I came up with a set of C 9. You may need to know the status and update a ProgressBar during the file download or use credentials before making the request.

Here it is, an example that covers these options. Lambda notation and String interpolation has been used:. In the event that you need to set Headers and Cookies to download a file, you will need to do things slightly differently. Here is an example Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?

Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How to download a file from a URL in C? Ask Question. Asked 13 years ago. Active 25 days ago. Viewed k times. What is a simple way of downloading a file from a URL path? Improve this question. Termininja 5, 12 12 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. Have a look at System. WebClient — seanb. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes.

Improve this answer. Bryan Legend 6, 1 1 gold badge 55 55 silver badges 57 57 bronze badges. Raj Kumar Raj Kumar 6, 5 5 gold badges 29 29 silver badges 38 38 bronze badges. The best solution ever but I would like to add 1 important line 'client.

Though I think that WebClient seems like a much more straightforward and simple solution. DownloadFileTaskAsync new Uri " somesite. Show 2 more comments. Include this namespace using System. Abdul Saleem Abdul Saleem 8, 4 4 gold badges 38 38 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges.

The question asks for the simplest way. Making more complicated isn't making it the simplest. Most people would prefer a progress bar while downloading. So i just wrote the simplest way to do that.

This might not be the answer but it meets the requirement of Stackoverflow. That is to help someone. This is just as simple as the other answer if you just leave out the progress bar.

Also the question doesn't ask for the simplest way, just a simple way. Jessedegans There is already an answer that shows how to simply download without a progressbar. Thats why I wrote an answer that helps with asynchronous download and progressbar implementation — Abdul Saleem. This answer is good, probably better and more detailed than the one with more upvotes.

It's almost obvious that one needs a progress indicator while downloading a file. The asynchronous functionality is a bonus. I was looking for such an implementation. Show 1 more comment. Chris Lee 6 6 bronze badges. If that's your actual code, you never write the text to the response stream, so the browser never receives any data.

Also, as an added bonus, if you know the length beforehand you should provide it using the Content-Length header so the browser can show the download progress. You're also setting Response.

Try adding a Response. Flush after your write statement. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Download text as file in ASP. NET Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 9 months ago. Active 2 years, 4 months ago. Viewed 41k times. Clear ; Response. Append output ; sb. Write sb.

Improve this question. Rui Jarimba 10k 10 10 gold badges 50 50 silver badges 78 78 bronze badges. Vijay Vijay 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Could you solve someones problem if he would tell you that "it's working on some pages and not working at all on other pages" without telling you what's not working? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. ToString ; Response. DownloadFile , if you want to download a specific file and store it on your machine:. DownloadString , if you want the page's content as a string :.

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Asked 7 years, 5 months ago. Active 7 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 12k times. Improve this question. Pruthvi Shetty Pruthvi Shetty 11 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 7 7 bronze badges.