How to Download FTP Files

Question

I need to download txt files that are on an FTP, I tried to use the following repackaged code below for this but it does not do what I need.

The first parameter of the Downloadfile method is the URL I have, the second parameter is required but I don’t want to set a fixed path and I want it to take the original name of the file.

I want the download to be done the same when you download a file such as this site: https://jquery.com/download/ through the Google Chrome

Someone please knows how it can be done?

string url = "http://MeuSite/arquivo.text";
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
    wc.DownloadFile(url, "Não sei o que colocar aqui");
}

Thank you all.

Answer 1

I found a solution

I don’t know if this solution is the right one but she does what I needed:

string strCaminho = "http://MeuSite/MeuArquivo.txt";
string nomeDoArquivo = "MeuArquivo.txt";

using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{    
    byte[] bytesFile = wc.DownloadData(strCaminho);

    Response.Clear();
    Response.ClearHeaders();
    Response.ClearContent();
    Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
    Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + nomeDoArquivo + ";");
    Response.OutputStream.Write(bytesFile, 0, bytesFile.Length);
    Response.Flush();
    Response.Close();
} 

Answer 2

It’s not the most beautiful shape, but you already have the file name in your url, so you can split the url and get the file name. Remember that in the second parameter you also define the location that will be saved.

string url = "http://MeuSite/arquivo.text";
var arrayUrl = url.Split('/');            

using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
    wc.DownloadFile(url,  @"c:\ " + arrayUrl.Last());
}