Save image to file

[JezB]

I have a reference to an image via an http url. How do I save (cache) that
image to a local file from a windows forms application ?

 

[Robbe Morris [C# MVP]]

Use an http request to download the image and a binaryreader/binarywriter
to read the request and write the image to disk.

This example has some code in it that uploads binary data. You
can modify it to perform a GET for the binary data instead of a POST. Do
a find on the page for: WebRequest

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/compactframeworkencryption.asp

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Jez,

You could use the HttpWebRequest method as Robbe said, or you can use WebClient.DownloadFile.
However, with HttpWebRequest and reading the stream you could monitor/display download progress. With WebClient will have to wait till the file is downloaded.