Hardy Wang <hardy_wang@marketrend.com> wrote:
> The Stream object from WebRequest.GetResponseStream() is non-seekable.
> How can I convert this stream to a byte array?
>
> For ordinary Stream (seekable), I can use StreamObject.Read(myByteArray,
> 0, myLength)

"Aravind C" <aravindcorera@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Hardy,
>
> Since the response stream from a web request is a network stream
> that does not provide random access (non-seekable), you will need to
> copy the response stream to a seekable stream such as a MemoryStream
> before you can perform seek operations:
>
> Stream responseStream = webResponse.GetResponseStream();
> MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
>
> byte [] respBuffer = new byte[1024];
> try
> {
> int bytesRead = responseStream.Read(respbuffer,0,
> respBuffer.Length);
> if(bytesRead > 0)
> {
> memStream.Write(respBuffer,0,bytesRead);
> bytesRead = responseStream.Read(respBuffer,0,
> respBuffer.Length);
> }
> }
> finally
> {
> responseStream.Close();
> webResponse.Close();
> }
>
> To get the array containing the byte data from the MemoryStream, use the
> MemoryStream.GetBuffer() method.
>
> Regards,
> Aravind C
>
>
> "Hardy Wang" <hardy_wang@marketrend.com> wrote in message
> news:uXieQSnpDHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all:
> > The Stream object from WebRequest.GetResponseStream() is
non-seekable.
> > How can I convert this stream to a byte array?
> >
> > For ordinary Stream (seekable), I can use
> StreamObject.Read(myByteArray,
> > 0, myLength)
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> > WWW: http://hardywang.1accesshost.com
> > ICQ: 3359839
> > yours Hardy
> >
> >
>
>

"Hardy Wang" <hardy_wang@marketrend.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all:
> The Stream object from WebRequest.GetResponseStream() is non-seekable.
> How can I convert this stream to a byte array?
>
> For ordinary Stream (seekable), I can use
StreamObject.Read(myByteArray,
> 0, myLength)
>
> --
>
>
>
> WWW: http://hardywang.1accesshost.com
> ICQ: 3359839
> yours Hardy
>
>

Hardy Wang <hardy_wang@marketrend.com> wrote:
> I tried responseStream.Read(respbuffer,0, respBuffer.Length);
>
> At this point an exception was thrown.

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> Hardy Wang <hardy_wang@marketrend.com> wrote:
> > I tried responseStream.Read(respbuffer,0, respBuffer.Length);
> >
> > At this point an exception was thrown.
>
> And what was the exception?
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.com>
> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
> If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

Hardy Wang <hardy_wang@marketrend.com> wrote:
> Just like something "the stream is not seakable"