Downloading files Using FtpWebRequest

Question

I'm trying to download a file using FtpWebRequest.

private void DownloadFile(string userName, string password, string ftpSourceFilePath, string localDestinationFilePath)
{
    int bytesRead = 0;
    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

    FtpWebRequest request = CreateFtpWebRequest(ftpSourceFilePath, userName, password, true);
    request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;

    Stream reader = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
    BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(File.Open(localDestinationFilePath, FileMode.CreateNew));

    while (true)
    {
        bytesRead = reader.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

        if (bytesRead == 0)
            break;

        writer.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
    }        
}

It uses this CreateFtpWebRequest method I created:

private FtpWebRequest CreateFtpWebRequest(string ftpDirectoryPath, string userName, string password, bool keepAlive = false)
{
    FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(new Uri(ftpDirectoryPath));

    //Set proxy to null. Under current configuration if this option is not set then the proxy that is used will get an html response from the web content gateway (firewall monitoring system)
    request.Proxy = null;

    request.UsePassive = true;
    request.UseBinary = true;
    request.KeepAlive = keepAlive;

    request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName, password);

    return request;
}

It downloads it. But the information is always corrupted. Anyone know what's going on?

Answer 1

Just figured it out:

    private void DownloadFile(string userName, string password, string ftpSourceFilePath, string localDestinationFilePath)
    {
        int bytesRead = 0;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];

        FtpWebRequest request = CreateFtpWebRequest(ftpSourceFilePath, userName, password, true);
        request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;

        Stream reader = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
        FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(localDestinationFilePath, FileMode.Create);

        while (true)
        {
            bytesRead = reader.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

            if (bytesRead == 0)
                break;

            fileStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
        }
        fileStream.Close();       
    }

Had to use a FileStream instead.