Download pdf programmatically

Question

How can I download a PDF and store to disk using vb.NET or C#?

The URL (of the PDF) has some rediection going on before the final PDF is reached.

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Answer 1

You can try to use the WebClient (System.Net namespace) class to do this which will avoid any stream work on your side.

The following C# code grabs an IRS form and saves it to C:\Temp.pdf.

using(WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
    client.DownloadFile("http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf", @"C:\Temp.pdf");
}