How to download big video files using WebClient class - c#

I'm a newbie and I'm developing a windows application. I need to download a video file from my site and that's my issue here. I had designed a custom down-loader, through which I can download images, text files from my site. But I wasn't able download videos from my site. Could anyone please help me out..?
WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.DownloadProgressChanged += new DownloadProgressChangedEventHandler(client_DownloadProgressChanged);
client.DownloadFileCompleted += new AsyncCompletedEventHandler(client_DownloadFileCompleted);
client.DownloadFileAsync(new Uri("http://mysitename.com/Videos/vid.mp4"), "c:\\movie.mp4");
I don't want to download by means of response content dispatch because my client wants me to download through custom browser.. so please let me know solutions from you experts.. thank you

I have tried to download a video file with WebClient and it works. My setup is as below:
I have a virtualdirectory(Video) in defaultwebsite (IIS) which has this video file.
I just use the below code to download the video file to C drive:
var client = new WebClient();
Uri address = new Uri("http://localhost/Video/wildlife.wmv");
client.DownloadFileAsync(address, #"c:\video.wmv");
Also note since you are downloading in Async fashion, wait for about a min for the operation to complete for the full file to be downloaded. Initially it shows 0 bytes but based on the size it takes some time to complete it.
UPDATE: If your server doesnt have the file mime type specified then just add to the collection of mime types that IIS can serve and you can download the file without any problem.
When adding MIME type the following values to be used are (for your scenario):
File Extension: .mp4
MIME Type: video/mp4
To add mime types in IIS follow these links:
For IIS 4,5
For IIS 6
For IIS 7

This sounds more like a server issue, but if you are doubting your code, you may want to try download sync (I have had some issues in the past downloading async). Another way is to use the WebRequest class. If this server is very remote, try pinging beforehand. I think that you should also check to make sure the file is on the server, and if the file is really big, you should check to see if the file finished uploading.

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C# SharePoint Error: The server does not allow messages larger than 2097152 bytes

I am getting SharePoint Error: The server does not allow messages larger than 2097152 bytes error while uploading large file.
Can you please help me
Below is my code:
Folder currentRunFolder = site.GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl(barRootFolderRelativeUrl + "/" + newFolderName);
FileCreationInformation newFile = new FileCreationInformation { Content = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(#p), Url = Path.GetFileName(#p), Overwrite = true };
currentRunFolder.Files.Add(newFile);
currentRunFolder.Update();
context.ExecuteQuery();
this is SP online or onPrem?
if onPrem You may first try to extend a bit the settings
extend the max file upload on CA for this web application,
set on CA for this web application 'web page security Validation' on Never (in this link there is a screen how to set it)
extend timeout on IIS
also for large files you may consider using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect method
please check one of my previous answers to a very similar method
Upload file to sharepoint with httpclient
here I give an example for SP 2013 (but would work in SP 2010 and 2016 as well) to upload a file under 2MB using Files.Add and larger files using SaveBinaryDirect

C# Cant to download JDK15

I'm trying to download JDK15 but i downloading 5307 bytes but this are not the JDK15
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
wc.DownloadFileAsync(new System.Uri(
"https://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/15.0.1%2B9/51f4f36ad4ef43e39d0dfdbaf6549e32/jdk-15.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe"),
Path.Combine(directoryPackagesPath, "jdk.exe")
);
}
You downloaded a web page instructing you how to access the download:
You cannot directly download that file. If you open it in another browser, or a incognito/private window, you will see this message:
Sorry!
In order to download products from Oracle Technology Network you must
agree to the OTN license terms.
If you open the downloaded file, most likely it's an HTML with this message.
It is illegal, but if you want learn how to do it for some CTF etc.:
Get query what is send after accepting licence by dev tools in your browser.
Send the exact same query by HttpClient and get cookies from response.
Use this cookies to get the file.
If you want this particular version, you can attach it (if licence allows you to do that) to your program by using installer, by resources or even as normal file in output directory.

C# Download Data using Web Client

I'm having an issue downloading a file. I'm running this website on my local IIS. The BaseUrl correctly has the address of my local IIS site. The moduleImgPath is a Sitecore media item: "/sitecore/shell/~/media/Racking/module-image.png". The BaseUrl has the structure "http://local-$company.com".
The code used for the download is essentiall shown below. The method errors on Image.FromStream() with a System.ArguementException - "Parameter is not valid."
Stream stream = new MemoryStream(new WebClient().DownloadData(RackingConfigHelper.BaseUrl + moduleImgPath));
Image objImage = Image.FromStream(stream);
My question essentially revolves around - can you use a WebClient this way, to download data from what essentially a local source? Or will I need to deploy this code to my test environment to test it out? If I can, do I need to worry about ports?
It looks like your image data is not a jpg (I think this is typically what is expected for Image).
You can see why the error happens on this msdn link
and you can see the docs for Image on this msdn link
I would hazard a guess you are either trying to use a non-jpg OR perhaps the jpg you have may be unusually formed.

Downloading a file in C# incorrectly returns files that is zero bytes long

So I'm trying to Download a file using WebClient class but the problem is that when the download is finished the file that should be downloaded is 0 byte, I tried uploading the same file without extension and than changing it after download but that didn't help. What Can I do? This is the code I Use
WebClient updateDownloader = new WebClient();
updateDownloader.DownloadFile(new Uri("http://zazaia.ucoz.com/SomeExeFile.exe"),
Application.StartupPath + "\\SomeFile.EXE");
And also have DownloadCompleted event handler which just shows MessageBox and Disposes the WebClient.
There is nothing wrong with the code you have shown and this should work. The problem is on the server which is not returning the file properly. Also make sure that the site you are querying doesn't require some authentication before being able to download files. In addition to that don't forget that a WebClient will not execute any javascript, so if the server relies on it to download the file, this will not happen.
Have you checked that your antivirus is not interfering? Sometimes an automatic scan will lock an executable file being downloaded until it passes. The client code itself looks fine however.
What about the server side? If is one of your own applications serving the download, then it may not be setting the MIME header or even not handling the download correctly at all

How To Do a Server To Server File Transfer without any user interaction?

In my scenario, users are able to upload zip files to a.example.com
I would love to create a "daemon" which in specified time intervals will move-transfer any zip files uploaded by the users from a.example.com to b.example.com
From the info i gathered so far,
The daemon will be an .ashx generic handler.
The daemon will be triggered at the specified time intervals via a plesk cron job
The daemon (thanks to SLaks) will consist of two FtpWebRequest's (One for reading and one for writing).
So the question is how could i implement step 3?
Do i have to read into to a memory() array the whole file and try to write that in b.example.com ?
How could i write the info i read to b.example.com?
Could i perform reading and writing of the file at the same time?
No i am not asking for the full code, i just can figure out, how could i perform reading and writing on the fly, without user interaction.
I mean i could download the file locally from a.example.com and upload it at b.example.com but that is not the point.
Here is another solution:
Let ASP.Net in server A receive the file as a regular file upload and store it in directory XXX
Have a windows service in server A that checks directory XXX for new files.
Let the window service upload the file to server B using HttpWebRequest
Let server B receive the file using a regular ASP.Net file upload page.
Links:
File upload example (ASP.Net): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479405.aspx
Building a windows service: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/WindowsService.aspx
Uploading files using HttpWebRequest: Upload files with HTTPWebrequest (multipart/form-data)
Problems you gotto solve:
How to determine which files to upload to server B. I would use Directory.GetFiles in a Timer to find new files instead of using a FileSystemWatcher. You need to be able to check if a file have been uploaded previously (delete it, rename it, check DB or whatever suits your needs).
Authentication on server B, so that only you can upload files to it.
To answer your questions - yes you can read and write the files at the same time.
You can open an FTPWebRequest to ServerA and a FTPWebRequest to ServerB. On the FTPWebRequest to serverA you would request the file, and get the ResponseStream. Once you have the ResponseStream, you would read a chunk of bytes at a time, and write that chunck of bytes to the serverB RequestStream.
The only memory you would be using would be the byte[] buffer in your read/write loop. Just keep in mind though that the underlying implementation of FTPWebRequest will download the complete FTP file before returning the response stream.
Similarly, you cannot send your FTPWebRequest to upload the new file until all bytes have been written. In effect, the operations will happen synchronously. You will call GetResponse which won't return until the full file is available, and only then can you 'upload' the new file.
References:
FTPWebRequest
Something you have to take into consideration is that a long running web requests (your .ashx generic handler) may be killed when the AppDomain refreshes. Therefore you have to implement some sort of atomic transaction logic in your code, and you should handle sudden disconnects and incomplete FTP transfers if you go that way.
Did you have a look at Windows Azure before? This cloud platform supports distributed file system, and has built-in atomic transactions. Plus it scales nicely, should your service grow fast.
I would make it pretty simple. The client program uploads the file to server A. This can be done very easily in C# with an FtpWebRequest.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229715.aspx
I would then have a service on server A that monitors the directory where files are uploaded. When a file is uploaded to that directory or on certain intervals it simply copies files over to server B. Again this can be done via Ftp or other means if they're on the same network.
you need some listener on the target domain, ftp server running there, and on the client side you will use System.Net.WebClient and UploadFile or UploadFileAsync to send the file. is that what you are asking?
It sounds like you don't really need a webservice or handler. All you need is a program that will, at regular intervals, open up an FTP connection to the other server and move the files. This can be done by any .NET program with the System.WebClient library, doesn't have to be a "web app". This other program could be a service, which could handle its own timing, or a simple app run by your cron job. If you need this to go two ways, for instance if the two servers are mirrors, you simply have the same app on the second box doing the same thing to upload files over to the first.
If both machines are in the same domain, couldn't you just do file replication at the OS level?
DFS
set up keys if you are using linux based systems:
http://compdottech.blogspot.com/2007/10/unix-login-without-password-setting.html
Once you have the keys working, you can copy the file from system A to system B by writing regular shell scripts that would not need any user interactions.

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