Try to download file from server

Question

I'm trying to download a file from my local computer, which is in a library sharepoint. I'm using this function :

        try
        {
                siteURL += "?NoRedirect=true";
                System.Net.WebClient _WebClient = new System.Net.WebClient();
                _WebClient.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
                // Downloads the resource with the specified URI to a local file.
                _WebClient.DownloadFile(siteURL, saveName);
        }
        catch (Exception _Exception)
        {
            // Error
            //MessageBox.Show("Error In Downloading");
        }

and where saveName is equal to : string pathToDesktop = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%USERPROFILE%") + @"\Desktop" + "\Export-" + filenamexls;

The thing is that i want to download the file on my computer and not on the server. But I don't know how to do this.

Can someone help me on this one ?

Answer 1

You can't push the file to the client from the server. The server side has no knowledge of the client side. You have to write a client application, that will pull the file.

First, you'll have to know the url of the file.

Then, a simple

var wc = new WebClient();
wc.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
wc.DownloadFile(targetFile, @"c:\temp\myfile.txt");

would do the job (assuming windows authentication and access to the file granted).

Answer 2

If your client code is running on server which means that request is being sent from server and your file will eventually downloaded on server. I would recommend you to write a code which runs on your computer and download the file from Server. You can Lists.asmx or OOTB Web Service to download the file from the Server.