Download a web page c#

Navigate txtUrl. OK, MessageBoxIcon. WaitCursor; btnListImages. HTMLImg element. Fixed3D; pic. SetToolTip pic, src ; pic. DoEvents ; if! The GetPicture function shown in the following code downloads a picture and returns it. Trim ; if! DownloadData url ; return Image. When you click on a picture, the following code removes it from the list. WebClient provides common methods for sending data to and receiving data from a resource identified by a URI. The DownloadString method retrieves the specified resource.

This method blocks while downloading the resource. This time the operation is asynchronous. The DownloadStringCompleted event occurs when an asynchronous resource-download operation completes. The methods does not block the calling thread.

The HttpWebRequest class provides support for the properties and methods that enable the user to interact directly with servers using HTTP. The simply way how to download file is to use WebClient class and its method DownloadFile. This method has two parameters, first is the url of the file you want to download and the second parameter is path to local disk to which you want to save the file. The following code shows how to download file synchronously. This method blocks the main thread until the file is downloaded or an error occur in this case the WebException is thrown.