Get Size of Image File before downloading from web

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I am downloading image files from web using the following code in my Console Application.

C#

WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.DownloadFile(string address_of_image_file,string filename);

The code is running absolutely fine.
I want to know if there is a way i can get the size of this image file before I download it.

Posted 22-Aug-12 9:04am

Rahul_Patel

Updated 22-Aug-12 9:08am

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André Kraak · Answer 1 · 2012-08-22T09:39:00

From this source Get file size before downloading using webclient[^]:

You can use the ResponseHeaders Property[^] of the WebClient[^] to request the "Content-Length".

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C#

WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.OpenRead("address_of_image_file");
Int64 bytes_total= Convert.ToInt64(client.ResponseHeaders["Content-Length"]);