Download A File Using The WebClient Class In C#

This snippet downloads a file using the WebClient Class from a website.

1. using System;
2. using System.Net;
4. class Program
5. {
6.     static void Main(string[] args)
7.     {
8.         string host ="http://www.yourdomain.com/file.zip";
9.         string savelocation = Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\" + host.Substring(host.LastIndexOf("/") + 1);
11.         try
12.         {
13.             WebClient wClient = new WebClient();
14.             wClient.DownloadFile(host, savelocation);
15.             Console.WriteLine("File has been downloaded to " + savelocation);
16.         }
17.         catch (WebException e)
18.         {
19.             Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
20.         }
22.         Console.ReadKey();
23.     }
24. }