Download Images From Url

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Is there a way to download an image directly from a url in c# if the url does not have an image format at the end of the link? Example of url:

I know how to download the image when the url ends with an image format. Eg:

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Simply You can use following methods.

These methods are almost same as DownloadString(..) and DownloadStringAsync(...). They store the file in Directory rather than in C# string and no need of Format extension in URi

If You don't know the Format(.png, .jpeg etc) of Image

Using it

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Depending whether or not you know the image format, here are ways you can do it :

Download Image to a file, knowing the image format

Download Image to a file without knowing the image format

You can use Image.FromStream to load any kind of usual bitmaps (jpg, png, bmp, gif, ... ), it will detect automaticaly the file type and you don't even need to check the url extension (which is not a very good practice). E.g:

Note : ArgumentException may be thrown by Image.FromStream if the downloaded content is not a known image type.

Check this reference on MSDN to find all format available. Here are reference to WebClient and Bitmap.