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fiberOptics
fiberOptics

Reputation: 7165

Download file using WCF Rest service?

If there is a way to Upload file using rest via stream would there be also for "Download"? If yes, can you please tell me how? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 7

Views: 17160

Answers (2)

Vinod Srivastav
Vinod Srivastav

Reputation: 4253

You can also use the following

 public Stream GetFile(string id)
 {
      WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "application/txt";
      var byt = File.ReadAllBytes("C:\\Test.txt");
      WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentLength = byt.Length;
      return new MemoryStream(byt);
 }

when it's defined as

[WebGet(UriTemplate = "file/{id}")]
[OperationContract]
Stream GetFile(string id);

Upvotes: 1

Rajesh
Rajesh

Reputation: 7876

A sample method i use to download the file from my REST service:

[WebGet(UriTemplate = "file/{id}")]
        public Stream GetPdfFile(string id)
        {
            WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "application/txt";
            FileStream f = new FileStream("C:\\Test.txt", FileMode.Open);
            int length = (int)f.Length;
            WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentLength = length;
            byte[] buffer = new byte[length];
            int sum = 0;
            int count;
            while((count = f.Read(buffer, sum , length - sum)) > 0 )
            {
                sum += count;
            }
            f.Close();
            return new MemoryStream(buffer); 
        }

Upvotes: 9

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