read a pdf file from url to to byte array

Question

In an XML WebResponse I get a URL tag which has a link to a PDF file. Example of the URL value is: https://www.member-data.com/files/hb/c8955fc4d6160ec0fd87f4

Answer 1

You can use WebClient.DownloadData, which has a default return value of a byte array. e.g.

byte[] bytes = myClient.DownloadData("https://www.member-data.com/files/hb/c8955fc4d6160ec0fd87f4879c6496d3.pdf");

Also, this assumes that you want the actual file in a byte array, not the content (text) of the PDF. That's a whole other ball of wax.

Answer 2

You can use WebClient.DownloadData().

Answer 3

To convert a PDF to a byte array use the static method ReadAllBytes in the System.IO namespace