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Pull Image into Byte Array from a URL

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This snippet pulls down an image from a URL into a byte(). From there you can re-size or save.

Don't forget the necessary try - catch.

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  1. public byte[] getImageFromUrl(string url)
  2.     {
  3.         System.Net.HttpWebRequest request = null;
  4.         System.Net.HttpWebResponse response = null;
  5.         byte[] b = null;
  6.  
  7.         request = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url);
  8.         response = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
  9.  
  10.         if (request.HaveResponse)
  11.         {
  12.             if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
  13.             {
  14.                 Stream receiveStream = response.GetResponseStream();
  15.                 using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(receiveStream))
  16.                 {
  17.                     b = br.ReadBytes(500000);
  18.                     br.Close();
  19.                 }
  20.             }
  21.         }
  22.  
  23.         return b;
  24.     }

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