The samples provided in this blog post show how to download different types of Sitefinity documents programmatically.
In the code we get a specific document by title, download its stream and then save the stream to a file in a specified directory of the project.
Sample 1: Downloading a pdf file:
"Test" is the name of the document which is going to be downloaded and MyFiles is a folder located in the main project folder.
Sample 2: Downloading an Excel file:
"TestExcel" is the name of the document which is going to be downloaded and MyFiles is a folder located in the main project folder.
In the code we get a specific document by title, download its stream and then save the stream to a file in a specified directory of the project.
Sample 1: Downloading a pdf file:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { DownloadDocument("pdf"); } public void SaveStreamToFile(string fileFullPath, Stream stream) { if (stream.Length == 0) return; // Create a FileStream object to write a stream to a file using (FileStream fileStream = System.IO.File.Create(fileFullPath, (int)stream.Length)) { // Fill the bytes[] array with the stream data byte[] bytesInStream = new byte[stream.Length]; stream.Read(bytesInStream, 0, (int)bytesInStream.Length); // Use FileStream object to write to the specified file fileStream.Write(bytesInStream, 0, bytesInStream.Length); } } public void DownloadDocument(string masterDocumentTitle) { LibrariesManager librariesManager = LibrariesManager.GetManager(); librariesManager.Provider.SuppressSecurityChecks = true; Document document = librariesManager.GetDocuments().Where(d => d.Title == "Test").FirstOrDefault(); if (document != null) { string filepathh = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/MyFiles/"), document.Title + ".pdf"); Stream stream = librariesManager.Download(document.Id); SaveStreamToFile(filepathh, stream); } }"Test" is the name of the document which is going to be downloaded and MyFiles is a folder located in the main project folder.
Sample 2: Downloading an Excel file:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { DownloadDocument("excel"); } public void SaveStreamToFile(string fileFullPath, Stream stream) { if (stream.Length == 0) return; // Create a FileStream object to write a stream to a file using (FileStream fileStream = System.IO.File.Create(fileFullPath, (int)stream.Length)) { // Fill the bytes[] array with the stream data byte[] bytesInStream = new byte[stream.Length]; stream.Read(bytesInStream, 0, (int)bytesInStream.Length); // Use FileStream object to write to the specified file fileStream.Write(bytesInStream, 0, bytesInStream.Length); } } public void DownloadDocument(string masterDocumentTitle) { LibrariesManager librariesManager = LibrariesManager.GetManager(); librariesManager.Provider.SuppressSecurityChecks = true; Document document = librariesManager.GetDocuments().Where(d => d.Title == "TestExcel").FirstOrDefault(); if (document != null) { string filepathh = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/MyFiles/"), document.Title + ".xlsx"); Stream stream = librariesManager.Download(document.Id); SaveStreamToFile(filepathh, stream); } }"TestExcel" is the name of the document which is going to be downloaded and MyFiles is a folder located in the main project folder.