Using Webclient to upload multiple files

Question

I am trying to download files from a web server through NUnit-testcase as follows:

[TestCase("url_to_test_server/456.pdf")]
[TestCase("url_to_test_server/457.pdf")]
[TestCase("url_to_test_server/458.pdf")]
public void Test(string url) 
{
    using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
    {
        client.Headers.Add("User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0)");
        client.DownloadFile(new Uri(url), @"C:\Temp\" + Path.GetFileName(url));
    }
}

This code works, but when I try to get the file size, it freezes.

[TestCase("url_to_test_server/456.pdf")]
[TestCase("url_to_test_server/457.pdf")]
[TestCase("url_to_test_server/458.pdf")]
public void Test(string url) 
{
    using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
    {
        client.Headers.Add("User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0)");
        client.OpenRead(url);
        Int64 bytes_total = Convert.ToInt64(client.ResponseHeaders["Content-Length"]);
        client.DownloadFile(new Uri(url), @"C:\Temp\" + Path.GetFileName(url));
    }
}

How to solve this?

Answer 1

You must ensure that your server also supports this header. This is not a customer problem.

I downloaded the file in a browser and would check the connections using firebug or some other program. You should see the length of the content explicitly returned in the response. If not, you need to check the server, otherwise your problem will be on the client side. In fact, I can’t imagine why the client cannot read the headline if he really returned.

Answer 2

, ...

, Content-Length . .

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OpenRead, . , .

, :

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets file size from a url using WebClient and Stream classes
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="address">url</param>
    /// <param name="useHeaderOnly">requests only headers instead of full file</param>
    /// <returns>File size or -1 if their is an issue.</returns>
    static Int64 GetFileSize(string address, bool useHeaderOnly = false)
    {
        Int64 retVal = 0;
        try
        {
            if(useHeaderOnly)
            {
                WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address);
                request.Method = "HEAD";

                // WebResponse also has to be closed otherwise we get the same issue of hanging on the connection limit. Using statement closes it automatically.
                using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
                {
                    if (response != null)
                    {
                        retVal = response.ContentLength;
                        //retVal =  Convert.ToInt64(response.Headers["Content-Length"]);
                    }
                }
                request = null;
            }
            else
            {
                using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
                {
                    // Stream has to be closed otherwise we get the issue of hanging on the connection limit. Using statement closes it automatically.
                    using (Stream response = client.OpenRead(address))
                    {
                        retVal = Convert.ToInt64(client.ResponseHeaders["Content-Length"]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            retVal = -1;
        }


        return retVal;
    }