Copy file from http location

[JohnSouth]

Hi

From within a c# program running on windows 2003 server I need to copy

individual files (mostly .doc, .pdf, .xml) from one web location
(http://... or https//...) to another.
Can someone suggest the best way to do this? Do I use ftp?

John South
Pangbourne UK
www.wherecanwego.com

 

[Pete Kane]

Hi

individual files (mostly .doc, .pdf, .xml) from one web location
(http://... or https//...) to another.
Can someone suggest the best way to do this? Do I use ftp?

John South
Pangbourne UK
www.wherecanwego.com

Hello John, this should give you the basic idea

string RemoteFolder = @"http://yoursite.com/YourWebFolder/";
string RemoteFile = "yourfile.txt";
string url = RemoteFolder + RemoteFile;
HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader sr = new
StreamReader(webResponse.GetResponseStream(),Encoding.ASCII);
string filecontent = sr.ReadToEnd();
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("c:\mynewfile.txt");
sw.Write(filecontent);
sw.Flush();
sw.Close();
sr.Close();

 

[Greg Young [MVP]]

Use the WebClient class
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tt0f69eh(vs.80).aspx DownloadFile
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webclient.downloadfile.aspx
or DownloadData method.

or the WebRequest/WebResponse classes if you need more control

Cheers,

Greg

 

[JohnSouth]

Excellent. That's just what I need.

John South
Pangbourne UK
www.wherecanwego.com