Saving SPFile to a local hard drive

Question

I am trying to extract a file from sharepoint to a local hard drive.

Here is my code:

SPFile file = web.GetFile("http://localhost/Basics.pptx");                
byte[] data = file.OpenBinary();
FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Users\krg\Desktop\xyz.pptx",FileMode.Create,FileAccess.Write);

BinaryWriter w = new BinaryWriter(fs);            
w.Write(data, 0, (int)file.Length);            
w.Close();            
fs.Close();

When I try to open this file, it appears as a damaged file.

The original file size is 186 kilobytes, after downloading the file size is 191 kilobytes.

What is the solution to download a file from sharepoint.?

Answer 1

You do not need BinaryWriter:

int size = 10 * 1024;
using (Stream stream = file.OpenBinaryStream())
{
  using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Users\krg\Desktop\xyz.pptx", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
  {
    byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
    int bytesRead;
    while((bytesRead = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
    {
      fs.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
    }
  }
}

Answer 2

A small contribution to this answer. It is better to check the number of bytes read in each block so that the recorded stream is an exact replica of the stream read from SharePoint. See Correction below.

int size = 10 * 1024;
using (Stream stream = file.OpenBinaryStream())
{  
 using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Users\krg\Desktop\xyz.pptx", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
 {
   byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
   int nbBytesRead =0;
   while((nbBytesRead=stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0) 
   {
      fs.Write(buffer, 0, nBytesRead);
   }
 }
}