send file from website to windows application

Question

I have a file in the website and i m trying to send this file to windows application using the Response.BinaryWrite (getContent)( Where getContent is the byte array having the file which I need to send) vis HTTP post method only. Also I m adding a Header and Content-Type as application/octet-stream in the Response.

Now while reading the (httpWebResponse) response in the stream at client side(windows application) all the things (header + content-type + file + some extra bytes) are getting added. so when I try to read the file in stream it cannot be loaded since the content has chnged Is there any way to separate the file from rest contents present in the response object.. How sahll I save this file in directory

Answer 1

Use System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData or DownloadFile method instead.

Answer 2

What language / version are you using?

If you are using a reasonably up-to-date version of C# you can use the WebClient class, and its DownloadFile method