Download file

The following example shows you how to download a file to a local file and to a stream.

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/");

                // To a local file.
                await client.Download("documents/report.pdf", "report.pdf");

                // To a stream.
                using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
                {
                    await client.Download("documents/notes.txt", stream);
                    Console.WriteLine("Downloaded " + stream.Length + " bytes.");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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/")

                ' To a local file.
                Await client.Download("documents/report.pdf", "report.pdf")

                ' To a stream.
                Using stream As New MemoryStream()
                    Await client.Download("documents/notes.txt", stream)
                    Console.WriteLine("Downloaded " & stream.Length & " bytes.")
                End Using
            End Using
        End Function
    End Module
End Namespace

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