Download a file from any given URL and save it to my Machine with ASP.NET

Question

Case: I need to feed my application a URL from any location on the internet. At the other end of the URL will be a file of some sorts. A picture/video/document and I need to save this item to my server automatically without a 'save-as' dialog box.

This needs to be done in ASP.NET.

Im having trouble on how to actually grab that file with asp.net after feeding it a URL... Any help would be great!

Thanks all

Answer 1

I'd check out the System.Net.WebClient class. The DownloadFile method should do the trick for you.

using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
    wc.DownloadFile(myUrl, myLocalFileName);
}

Just make sure that the user that your web app is running as has permissions to save the file or you'll have problems.

Answer 2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx

Answer 3

You can use webclient or httpwebrequest. Webclient is probably easier for what you want to do.

WebClient wc = new WebClient();

wc.DownloadFile(downloadURL.Text, savePath.Text);