How can i access a fileshare using c# to download a file automatically and read file contents ?

Question

User1253338400 posted

I have a files share and am wanting to do 2 separate things .

I have created a file share and can access from file explorer bt the user needs to enter username and password.

I want to automate this so that the user just clicks on the share as follows:

\\<vm ip address>\<share folder>\myfile.exe

and it automatically downloads the file, not install it.

Also I have a text file in the share directory , how can i read its contents ?

Thanks

Answer 1

User-1330468790 posted

Hi robby32,

 

What do you mean "file share" here?

Is it an application that you create?

  

If you want to implement the file download functionality for a FTP server, you might need FtpWebRequest Class. Or WebClient Class if you want to download the resource with the specified URI to a local file using WebClient.DownloadFile Method.

 

You can refer to below codes for reference and modify them for your real scenario.

FtpWebRequest:

private void DownloadFileFTP()
    {
        string inputfilepath = @"C:\Temp\FileName.exe";
        string ftphost = "xxx.xx.x.xxx";
        string ftpfilepath = "/Updater/Dir1/FileName.exe";

        string ftpfullpath = "ftp://" + ftphost + ftpfilepath;

        using (WebClient request = new WebClient())
        {
            request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("UserName", "Password");
            byte[] fileData = request.DownloadData(ftpfullpath);

            using (FileStream file = File.Create(inputfilepath))
            {
                file.Write(fileData, 0, fileData.Length);
                file.Close();
            }
        }
    }

WebClient:

WebClient Client = new WebClient ();
Client.DownloadFile("http://xxxxxx/FileName.exe", @"C:\Temp\FileName.exe");

 

Hope helps.

Best regards,

Sean

Answer 2

User1253338400 posted

Thankyou exactly what i was looking for , i didnt get the username and password part correct. Now i know how to use it .