public static FT.DB.Image GetNewImage(string url)
{
int BufferLength = 1024;
try
{
WebRequest r = WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)r.GetResponse();
FT.DB.Image img = new FT.DB.Image();
Stream s = resp.GetResponseStream(); //Source
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream((int)resp.ContentLength); //Destination
// from http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=263275
byte[] b = new byte[BufferLength]; //Buffer
int cnt = 0;
do
{
cnt = s.Read(b, 0, BufferLength);
//Write the number of bytes actually read
ms.Write(b, 0, cnt);
}
while (cnt > 0);
Binary bin = new Binary(ms.ToArray());
img.Data = bin;
img.ContentType = resp.ContentType;
return img;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception caught, trying to fetch: " + url + " - Exception: " + ex.ToString());
return null;
}
}
