C#•3y ago

❔ Problem with downloading on hard drive

Whenever I try to use webclient.DownloadFileAsync("myurl", "the path on my hard disk"), it creates a 0 zero bytes file.

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Angius•3y ago

Don't use WebClient Use HttpClient Download bytes, then use a filestream to write those bytes to a file

heres an example

var uri = new Uri("myurl");
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
await using var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.CreateNew);
await response.Content.CopyToAsync(fs);

var uri = new Uri("myurl");
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
await using var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.CreateNew);
await response.Content.CopyToAsync(fs);

Angius•3y ago

Doesn't even need the Uri tbh

TheRanger•3y ago

the one with the string parameter creates a uri anyway

Accord•3y ago

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❔ Problem with downloading on hard drive

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