How to use restsharp to download file

Question

I have a URL (URL for the live feed from client) which when I hit in browser returns the xml response . I have saved this in text file it`s size is 8 MB.

now my problem is that I need to save this response in xml file on server`s drive. from there I will insert this in database. and request needs to be made using code using http-client or rest-sharp library of c# .net 4.5

I am unsure what should I do for above case. can any body suggest me something

Answer 1

With RestSharp, it's right there in the readme:

var client = new RestClient("http://example.com");
client.DownloadData(request).SaveAs(path);

With HttpClient, it's a bit more involved. Have a look at this blog post.

Another option is Flurl.Http (disclaimer: I'm the author). It uses HttpClient under the hood and provides a fluent interface and lots of convenient helper methods, including:

await "http://example.com".DownloadFileAsync(folderPath, "foo.xml");

Get it on NuGet.

Answer 2

It seems SaveAs was discontinued. You can try this

var client = new RestClient("http://example.com")    
byte[] response = client.DownloadData(request);
File.WriteAllBytes(SAVE_PATH, response);

Answer 3

In case you want async version

var request = new RestRequest("/resource/5", Method.GET);
var client = new RestClient("http://example.com");
var response = await client.ExecuteTaskAsync(request);
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
    throw new Exception($"Unable to download file");
response.RawBytes.SaveAs(path);

Answer 4

Don't keep the file in memory while reading. Write it directly to the disk.

var tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
using var writer = File.OpenWrite(tempFile);

var client = new RestClient(baseUrl);
var request = new RestRequest("Assets/LargeFile.7z");
request.ResponseWriter = responseStream =>
{
    using (responseStream)
    {
        responseStream.CopyTo(writer);
    }
};
var response = client.DownloadData(request);

Copied from here https://stackoverflow.com/a/59720610/179017.

Answer 5

Add following NuGet package into the current system

dotnet add package RestSharp

Using Bearer Authentication

// Download file from 3rd party API
[HttpGet("[action]")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Download([FromQuery] string fileUri)
{
  // Using rest sharp 
  RestClient client = new RestClient(fileUri);
  client.ClearHandlers();
  client.AddHandler("*", () => { return new JsonDeserializer(); });
  RestRequest request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
  request.AddParameter("Authorization", string.Format("Bearer " + accessToken), 
  ParameterType.HttpHeader);
  IRestResponse response = await client.ExecuteTaskAsync(request);
  if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
  {
    // Read bytes
    byte[] fileBytes = response.RawBytes;
    var headervalue = response.Headers.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Content-Disposition")?.Value;
    string contentDispositionString = Convert.ToString(headervalue);
    ContentDisposition contentDisposition = new ContentDisposition(contentDispositionString);
    string fileName = contentDisposition.FileName;
    // you can write a own logic for download file on SFTP,Local local system location
    //
    // If you to return file object then you can use below code
    return File(fileBytes, "application/octet-stream", fileName);
  }
}

Using Basic Authentication

// Download file from 3rd party API
[HttpGet("[action]")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Download([FromQuery] string fileUri)
{ 
  RestClient client = new RestClient(fileUri)
    {
       Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("your user name", "your password")
    };
  client.ClearHandlers();
  client.AddHandler("*", () => { return new JsonDeserializer(); });
  RestRequest request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);  
  IRestResponse response = await client.ExecuteTaskAsync(request);
  if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
  {
    // Read bytes
    byte[] fileBytes = response.RawBytes;
    var headervalue = response.Headers.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Content-Disposition")?.Value;
    string contentDispositionString = Convert.ToString(headervalue);
    ContentDisposition contentDisposition = new ContentDisposition(contentDispositionString);
    string fileName = contentDisposition.FileName;
    // you can write a own logic for download file on SFTP,Local local system location
    //
    // If you to return file object then you can use below code
    return File(fileBytes, "application/octet-stream", fileName);
  }
}