On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 14:05 -0700, giancarlogiesa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is possible with C# / Mono download a file from an HTTP server ?
> if yes, how ?
>
> my code is this:
> ------------------------------------
> private string SocketSendReceive(string url){
> int i=0;
> while(i<url.Length && url[i]!='/'){
> i++;
> }
> string server=url.Substring(0,i);
> string request = "GET "+url.Substring(i)+" HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: "
> + server +
> "\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n";
> Byte[] bytesSent = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(request);
> Byte[] bytesReceived = new Byte[1024];
> Socket s = ConnectSocket(server, 80);
> if (s == null){
> return ("Connection failed");
> }
> s.Send(bytesSent, bytesSent.Length, 0);
>
> int bytes = 0;
> string page = null;
> do {
> bytes = s.Receive(bytesReceived, bytesReceived.Length, 0);
> page = page + Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytesReceived, 0, bytes);
You are using ASCII encoding. That's why downloading a Zip file fails.
If you're going to roll your own HTTP download instead of using
HttpWebRequest/WebClient you should check the Content-Type and "decode"
the incoming stream according to the type.
-Gonzalo
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