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WebClient DownloadFile over ssl / https

Can anyone get this to work? All Im getting is the login html being
downloaded.

Would appreciate any help - my heads hurts

Thanks
Gav

Aug 2 '06 #1
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It sounds like it is wanting you to login before you download ... if you
just go to the url in a brand new IE window what do you get? What type of
security is the site using?

Cheers,

Greg Young
MVP - C#
http://codebetter.com/blogs/gregyoung

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Can anyone get this to work? All Im getting is the login html being
downloaded.

Would appreciate any help - my heads hurts

Thanks
Gav

Aug 2 '06 #2
Hi Greg

Heres my basic code...

Uri uri = new
Uri("https://www.scoobydoo.c om/downloads/velma_statistic s.csv");
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

CredentialCache mycache = new CredentialCache ();
mycache.Add(new Uri("https://www.scoobydoo.c om/home.html"),

"Basic", new NetworkCredenti al("scoobydooby doo", "Passw0rd") );
webClient.Crede ntials = mycache;

webClient.Downl oadFile(uri, @"c:\gav.txt ");
Now, whats happening is Im trying to download velma_statistic s.csv but
its over HTTPS. I can see whats happening - when I copy and paste the
contents of the downloaded gav.txt into a html page in VS, I get the
login page that I would need to firstly complete in IE before
successfully downloading my csv file, again manually.

So, any ideas?

Thanks

Aug 3 '06 #3

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