Download a file with .NET

1<PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />

 1
 2public class DownloadFileSample
 3{
 4	// define HttpClient as static and re-use instance
 5	private static readonly HttpClient _httpClient = new HttpClient();
 6
 7	public async Task<YourReturnHere> DownloadFile(string url)
 8	{
 9		// executes a HTTP "GET" request
10		HttpResponseMessage response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url);
11
12		// download contents as string
13		string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
14
15		// download contents as byte array
16		string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
17
18		// use contents as stream
19		string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
20	}
21}