Read file as a stream

The following example shows you how to read the content of a file as a stream, without saving it first.

C# example

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Independentsoft.Webdav;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

            using (WebdavClient client = new WebdavClient(credential))
            {
                client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://myserver/dav/");

                using (Stream stream = await client.OpenRead("documents/notes.txt"))
                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                {
                    string text = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
                    Console.WriteLine(text);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports Independentsoft.Webdav

Namespace Sample
    Module Program
        Sub Main(args As String())
            RunAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult()
        End Sub

        Private Async Function RunAsync() As Task
            Dim credential As New NetworkCredential("username", "password")

            Using client As New WebdavClient(credential)
                client.BaseAddress = New Uri("https://myserver/dav/")

                Using stream As Stream = Await client.OpenRead("documents/notes.txt")
                    Using reader As New StreamReader(stream)
                        Dim text As String = Await reader.ReadToEndAsync()
                        Console.WriteLine(text)
                    End Using
                End Using
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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