I can't use WebClient, before anyone suggests that because it makes my legit application seem like a virus to McAfee. So please don't suggest that.
I have a binary.txt file stored on my server. It is approximately 1,240kb. However, HttpWebRequest downloads random amounts from 1,300kb to 1,700kb.
HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)
WebRequest.Create("http://deviantsmc.com/binary.txt");
httpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;
HttpWebResponse httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
Stream httpResponseStream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1240];
int bytesRead = 0;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
//FileStream fileStream = File.Create(@"tcontent.txt");
while ((bytesRead = httpResponseStream.Read(buffer, 0, 1240)) != 0)
{
sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer));
//fileStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
File.WriteAllText(@"tcontent1.txt", sb.ToString());
(The contents of the binary.txt file on the server are in ASCII, therefore I get the Encoding string to ASCII as well).
This is how I encoded that text file (on that server)
My file is basically this:
byte[] bytes = File.ReadAllBytes("binary.txt");
String encBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
File.WriteAllText(file("binary.txt"), encBytes);
I contacted the AV company about the WebDownloader being seen as some malicious import in C#, but they didn't get back to me, so I'm forced to use HttpWebRequest.
If your only goal is to fetch that binary and write it to disk you can simply copy the stream to a file with the CopyTo method that exists on a Stream object.
Your file looks like a broken zip file btw, given the first characters that are PK, and is used in the zip specificaton.
From wikipedia:
Viewed as an ASCII string this reads "PK", the initials of the inventor Phil Katz. Thus, when a .ZIP file is viewed in a text editor the first two bytes of the file are usually "PK".
I used 7-zip to open your file as the Windows default didn't accept it as a valid file. It contains a manifest.mf file but the content itself seems missing. the file itself has a size of 1.269.519 bytes.
HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)
WebRequest.Create("http://deviantsmc.com/binary.txt");
httpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;
HttpWebResponse httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
Stream httpResponseStream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream();
// create and open a FileStream, using calls dispose when done
using(var fs= File.Create(@"c:\temp\bin.7z"))
{
// Copy all bytes from the responsestream to the filestream
httpResponseStream.CopyTo(fs);
}