GetDownloadStreamAsync Method

Obtains a stream asynchronously that can be used to download an item in SharePoint server.

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic
Objective-C
Java
C++

public void GetDownloadStreamAsync( 
   Uri sourceUri,
   object userState
)

'Declaration
 
Public Sub GetDownloadStreamAsync( _
   ByVal sourceUri As Uri, _
   ByVal userState As Object _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SharePointClient
Dim sourceUri As Uri
Dim userState As Object
 
instance.GetDownloadStreamAsync(sourceUri, userState)

public:
void GetDownloadStreamAsync( 
   Uri^ sourceUri,
   Object^ userState
)

Parameters

sourceUri: The full URI for the source item in the SharePoint server. This value cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic). It must be the URI to a valid SharePoint item, for example http://server/Shared Documents/File.ext.
userState: The optional user-supplied state object that is used to identify the task that raised the DownloadCompleted event.

Remarks

This method will return control immediately to your program and the DownloadCompleted event will occur when a stream is obtained (whether or not the operation is successfyk).

The DownloadCompleted event will receive, as data, an object of type SharePointClientDownloadData that contains the stream data.

You can use the SharePointClientDownloadData.Stream property of the object to get access to the stream containing the downloaded item data (buffer).

The SharePointClientDownloadData.ETag property will contain the SharePoint ETag that identifies a version of the file. This is obtained directly from SharePoint and is not used by SharePointClient.

In most cases, the stream is an HTTP stream and the Stream.CanSeek value will be set to false. Hence, you should read the data from the stream in a forward direction only and not make any assumption regarding the stream length as shown in the examples.

The SharePointClientDownloadData class implements the System.IDisposable interface. Follow the standard .NET dispose pattern when using the SharePointClientDownloadData class. For more information, refer to the System.IDisposable interface documentation in MSDN.

Note that you should not dispose the object in the SharePointClientDownloadData.Stream property yourself. Instead, the object will be disposed when you call dispose on the owner SharePointClientDownloadData class.

To get the download stream synchronously, use the GetDownloadStream method.

To download an item to a disk file, use the DownloadFile or DownloadFileAsync method.

To upload an item to SharePoint, use the UploadFile, UploadFileAsync, UploadStream or UploadStreamAsync method.

Example

This example will get the stream for a document asynchronously at the specified SharePoint and then get the image information using Leadtools.Codecs.RasterCodecs.

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Codecs
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color
Imports Leadtools.SharePoint.Client

Private Shared Sub SharePointClientDownloadStreamAsyncExample()
   ' Replace SHAREPOINT_SITE_URI with a valid URL to a SharePoint site, for example
   ' http://SiteCollection/MySite
   Dim siteUri As New Uri(SHAREPOINT_SITE_URI)
   ' Replace SHAREPOINT_FOLDER_NAME with a valid folder on the site above, for example
   ' "Documents" or "Documents\Sub Documents"
   Dim folderName As String = SHAREPOINT_FOLDER_NAME

   ' Replace SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENT_NAME with a valid document on the folder above, for example
   ' MyDocument.tif
   Dim documentName As String = SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENT_NAME

   ' Build the full URL to the document are we going to download
   Dim builder As New UriBuilder(siteUri)
   builder.Path = Path.Combine(builder.Path, folderName)
   builder.Path = Path.Combine(builder.Path, documentName)
   Dim sourceDocumentUri As Uri = builder.Uri

   Dim spClient As New SharePointClient()

   ' Optional: Set the credentials:
   spClient.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(USER_NAME, PASSWORD, DOMAIN)

   ' If this is a console application demo, we might exit the program before the operation completes,
   ' so use a wait handle to not exit this method till the opreation completes
   Dim wait As New AutoResetEvent(False)

   ' Download the SharePoint item to the temporary file asynchronously
   AddHandler spClient.DownloadCompleted, AddressOf MyDownloadStreamAsyncCompleted
   spClient.GetDownloadStreamAsync(sourceDocumentUri, wait)

   ' Wait till the operation completes
   wait.WaitOne()
   wait.Close()
End Sub

Private Shared Sub MyDownloadStreamAsyncCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SharePointClientDownloadCompletedEventArgs)
   ' Remove our handler
   Dim spClient As SharePointClient = CType(sender, SharePointClient)
   RemoveHandler spClient.DownloadCompleted, AddressOf MyDownloadStreamAsyncCompleted

   If IsNothing(e.Error) AndAlso Not e.Cancelled Then
      ' All is OK, use RasterCodecs to get its info
      Using codecs As New RasterCodecs()
         Using imageInfo As CodecsImageInfo = codecs.GetInformation(e.DestinationData.Stream, True)
            ' Show the image info
            Console.WriteLine("URL:        {0}", e.SourceUri)
            Console.WriteLine("Pages:      {0}", imageInfo.TotalPages)
            Console.WriteLine("Size:       {0} by {1} pixels", imageInfo.Width, imageInfo.Height)
            Console.WriteLine("Resolution: {0} by {1} dpi", imageInfo.XResolution, imageInfo.YResolution)
            Console.WriteLine("Bits/Pixel: {0}", imageInfo.BitsPerPixel)
         End Using
      End Using
   Else
      ' Some error occured
      If Not IsNothing(e.Error) Then
         Console.WriteLine(e.Error.Message)
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("User cancelled")
      End If
   End If

   ' Dispose the SharePoint stream
   If Not IsNothing(e.DestinationData) Then
      e.DestinationData.Dispose()
   End If

   ' Tell whoever is listening that we are done
   Dim wait As EventWaitHandle = CType(e.UserState, EventWaitHandle)
   wait.Set()
End Sub

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing;
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color;
using Leadtools.SharePoint.Client;

private static void SharePointClientDownloadStreamAsyncExample()
{
   // Replace SHAREPOINT_SITE_URI with a valid URL to a SharePoint site, for example
   // http://SiteCollection/MySite
   Uri siteUri = new Uri(SHAREPOINT_SITE_URI);
   // Replace SHAREPOINT_FOLDER_NAME with a valid folder on the site above, for example
   // "Documents" or "Documents\Sub Documents"
   string folderName = SHAREPOINT_FOLDER_NAME;

   // Replace SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENT_NAME with a valid document on the folder above, for example
   // MyDocument.tif
   string documentName = SHAREPOINT_DOCUMENT_NAME;

   // Build the full URL to the document are we going to download
   UriBuilder builder = new UriBuilder(siteUri);
   builder.Path = Path.Combine(builder.Path, folderName);
   builder.Path = Path.Combine(builder.Path, documentName);
   Uri sourceDocumentUri = builder.Uri;

   SharePointClient spClient = new SharePointClient();

   // Optional: Set the credentials:
   spClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(USER_NAME, PASSWORD, DOMAIN);

   // If this is a console application demo, we might exit the program before the operation completes,
   // so use a wait handle to not exit this method till the opreation completes
   AutoResetEvent wait = new AutoResetEvent(false);

   // Download the SharePoint item to the temporary file asynchronously
   spClient.DownloadCompleted += new EventHandler<SharePointClientDownloadCompletedEventArgs>(MyDownloadStreamAsyncCompleted);
   spClient.GetDownloadStreamAsync(sourceDocumentUri, wait);

   // Wait till the operation completes
   wait.WaitOne();
   wait.Close();
}

private static void MyDownloadStreamAsyncCompleted(object sender, SharePointClientDownloadCompletedEventArgs e)
{
   // Remove our handler
   SharePointClient spClient = sender as SharePointClient;
   spClient.DownloadCompleted -= new EventHandler<SharePointClientDownloadCompletedEventArgs>(MyDownloadStreamAsyncCompleted);

   if (e.Error == null && !e.Cancelled)
   {
      // All is OK, use RasterCodecs to get its info
      using (RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs())
      {
         using (CodecsImageInfo imageInfo = codecs.GetInformation(e.DestinationData.Stream, true))
         {
            // Show the image info
            Console.WriteLine("URL:        {0}", e.SourceUri);
            Console.WriteLine("Pages:      {0}", imageInfo.TotalPages);
            Console.WriteLine("Size:       {0} by {1} pixels", imageInfo.Width, imageInfo.Height);
            Console.WriteLine("Resolution: {0} by {1} dpi", imageInfo.XResolution, imageInfo.YResolution);
            Console.WriteLine("Bits/Pixel: {0}", imageInfo.BitsPerPixel);
         }
      }
   }
   else
   {
      // Some error occured
      if (e.Error != null)
         Console.WriteLine(e.Error.Message);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("User cancelled");
   }

   // Dispose the SharePoint stream
   if (e.DestinationData != null)
   {
      e.DestinationData.Dispose();
   }

   // Tell whoever is listening that we are done
   EventWaitHandle wait = e.UserState as EventWaitHandle;
   wait.Set();
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

SharePointClient Class
SharePointClient Members