How to convert an Stream into a byte[] in C#?

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pupeno · Jul 3, 2009 · Viewed 490.4k times · Source

Is there a simple way or method to convert an Stream into a byte[] in C#?

Answer

The shortest solution I know:

using(var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
  sourceStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
  return memoryStream.ToArray();
}