I want to download multiple files using 'HttpClient' C#.
I had successfully done the code for single file GET but I want multiple files download when client side call the API.
I research for some HttpClient, HttpWebResponse
and WebClient. For my codes I uses HttpResponseMessage
I don't really know which category is it. Sorry I'm not really clear about the concept. Some explanation would be great.
namespace WebAPIASPNET.Controllers
{
public class EbookController : ApiController
{
string bookPath_Pdf = @"D:\VisualStudio\randomfile.pdf";
string bookPath_xls = @"D:\VisualStudio\randomfile.xls";
string bookPath_doc = @"D:\VisualStudio\randomfile.docx";
string bookPath_zip = @"D:\VisualStudio\randomfile.zip";
public IHttpActionResult Get(string format)
{
string reqBook = format.ToLower() == "pdf" ? bookPath_Pdf : (format.ToLower() == "xls" ? bookPath_xls : (format.ToLower() == "doc" ? bookPath_doc : bookPath_zip));
string bookName = "sample." + format.ToLower();
//converting Pdf file into bytes array
var dataBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(reqBook);
//adding bytes to memory stream
var dataStream = new MemoryStream(dataBytes);
return new eBookResult(dataStream, Request, bookName);
}
[HttpGet]
[Route("GetIT/{format}")]
public IHttpActionResult GetbookFor(string format)
{
string reqBook = format.ToLower() == "pdf" ? bookPath_Pdf : (format.ToLower() == "xls" ? bookPath_xls : (format.ToLower() == "doc" ? bookPath_doc : bookPath_zip));
string bookName = "sample." + format.ToLower();
//converting Pdf file into bytes array
var dataBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(reqBook);
//adding bytes to memory stream
var dataStream = new MemoryStream(dataBytes);
return new eBookResult(dataStream, Request, bookName);
}
[HttpGet]
[Route("GetBookForHRM/{format}")]
public HttpResponseMessage GetBookForHRM(string format)
{
string reqBook = format.ToLower() == "pdf" ? bookPath_Pdf : (format.ToLower() == "xls" ? bookPath_xls : (format.ToLower() == "doc" ? bookPath_doc : bookPath_zip));
string bookName = "sample." + format.ToLower();
//converting Pdf file into bytes array
var dataBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(reqBook);
//adding bytes to memory stream
var dataStream = new MemoryStream(dataBytes);
HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
httpResponseMessage.Content = new StreamContent(dataStream);
httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new System.Net.Http.Headers.ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName = bookName;
httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");
return httpResponseMessage;
}
}
public class eBookResult : IHttpActionResult
{
MemoryStream bookStuff;
string PdfFileName;
HttpRequestMessage httpRequestMessage;
HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage;
public eBookResult(MemoryStream data, HttpRequestMessage request, string filename)
{
bookStuff = data;
httpRequestMessage = request;
PdfFileName = filename;
}
public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<HttpResponseMessage> ExecuteAsync(System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
httpResponseMessage = httpRequestMessage.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
httpResponseMessage.Content = new StreamContent(bookStuff);
//httpResponseMessage.Content = new ByteArrayContent(bookStuff.ToArray());
httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new System.Net.Http.Headers.ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment");
httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition.FileName = PdfFileName;
httpResponseMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/octet-stream");
return System.Threading.Tasks.Task.FromResult(httpResponseMessage);
}
}
}
What should I add into the codes or what method can I use? Thanks