How to Download a File From a URL in C#

In this article, we will introduce a method to download a file from a URL.

• Using the DownloadFile() method

Use the DownloadFile() Method to Download a File From a URL in C#

We will use the system-defined method DownloadFile() to download a file from a URL. We will have to create a new WebClient object to call this method. The correct syntax to use this function is as follows.

WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, string fileName);

The built-in method DownloadFile() has two parameters. The details of its parameters are as follows

The program below shows how we can use the DownloadFile() method to download a file from a URL.

using System;
using System.Net;

class DownloadFile {
  static void Main() {
    WebClient mywebClient = new WebClient();
    mywebClient.DownloadFile("http://mysite.com/myfile.txt", @"d:\myfile.txt");
  }
}

The file has been downloaded to the local disk D.