Complete class to download a file while printing status to console.
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
class FileDownloader
{
private readonly string _url;
private readonly string _fullPathWhereToSave;
private bool _result = false;
private readonly SemaphoreSlim _semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(0);
public FileDownloader(string url, string fullPathWhereToSave)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url)) throw new ArgumentNullException("url");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fullPathWhereToSave)) throw new ArgumentNullException("fullPathWhereToSave");
this._url = url;
this._fullPathWhereToSave = fullPathWhereToSave;
}
public bool StartDownload(int timeout)
{
try
{
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(_fullPathWhereToSave));
if (File.Exists(_fullPathWhereToSave))
{
File.Delete(_fullPathWhereToSave);
}
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
var ur = new Uri(_url);
// client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
client.DownloadProgressChanged += WebClientDownloadProgressChanged;
client.DownloadFileCompleted += WebClientDownloadCompleted;
Console.WriteLine(@"Downloading file:");
client.DownloadFileAsync(ur, _fullPathWhereToSave);
_semaphore.Wait(timeout);
return _result && File.Exists(_fullPathWhereToSave);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Was not able to download file!");
Console.Write(e);
return false;
}
finally
{
this._semaphore.Dispose();
}
}
private void WebClientDownloadProgressChanged(object sender, DownloadProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
Console.Write("\r --> {0}%.", e.ProgressPercentage);
}
private void WebClientDownloadCompleted(object sender, AsyncCompletedEventArgs args)
{
_result = !args.Cancelled;
if (!_result)
{
Console.Write(args.Error.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine + "Download finished!");
_semaphore.Release();
}
public static bool DownloadFile(string url, string fullPathWhereToSave, int timeoutInMilliSec)
{
return new FileDownloader(url, fullPathWhereToSave).StartDownload(timeoutInMilliSec);
}
}
Usage:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var success = FileDownloader.DownloadFile(fileUrl, fullPathWhereToSave, timeoutInMilliSec);
Console.WriteLine("Done - success: " + success);
Console.ReadLine();
}