Download file

The following example shows you how to download a file.

C# example

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Independentsoft.Share;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Service service = new Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password");

                //Increase timeout to 600000 milliseconds (10 minutes). Useful when downloading large files.
                //Default value is 100000 (100 seconds).
                service.Timeout = 600000;

                Stream inputStream = service.GetFileStream("/Shared Documents/Test.docx");

                FileStream outputStream = new FileStream("e:\\Test.docx", FileMode.CreateNew);

                using (inputStream)
                {
                    using (outputStream)
                    {
                        byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
                        int len = 0;

                        while ((len = inputStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
                        {
                            outputStream.Write(buffer, 0, len);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (ServiceException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Share

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Try
                Dim service As New Service("https://independentsoft.sharepoint.com", "username", "password")

                ''Increase timeout to 600000 milliseconds (10 minutes). Useful when downloading large files.
                ''Default value is 100000 (100 seconds).
                service.Timeout = 600000

                Dim inputStream = service.GetFileStream("/Shared Documents/Test.docx")

                Dim outputStream As New FileStream("e:\\Test.docx", FileMode.CreateNew)

                Using inputStream
                    Using outputStream

                        Dim buffer() As Byte = New Byte(8192) {}
                        Dim len As Integer = inputStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)

                        While (len > 0)
                            outputStream.Write(buffer, 0, len)
                            len = inputStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
                        End While

                    End Using
                End Using

            Catch ex As ServiceException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorCode)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.ErrorString)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.RequestUrl)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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