How do I use the new HttpClient from Windows.Web.Http to download an image?

Question

Using Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient how can I download an image? I would like use this HttpClient because it is available to use in portable class libraries.

Answer 1

public async void downLoadImage(string url)
{
        using (var client = new HttpClient())
        {
            var response = client.GetAsync(url).Result;
            BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage();
            if (response != null && response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                using (var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
                {
                    using (var memStream = new MemoryStream())
                    {
                        await stream.CopyToAsync(memStream);
                        memStream.Position = 0;
                        bitmap.SetSource(memStream.AsRandomAccessStream());
                    }
                }
                HardcodedValues.profilePic = bitmap;
            }
        }
}

Answer 2

In .net core web api you can use the below code

[Route("getProductImage/v1")]
    [HttpGet]
    public async Task<IActionResult> getProductImage(GetProductImageQueryParam parammodel)
    {
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
        {
            MNimg_URL = MNimg_URL + parammodel.modelname;
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(MNimg_URL);
            byte[] content = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
            //return "data:image/png;base64," + Convert.ToBase64String(content);
            return File(content, "image/png", parammodel.modelname);
        }
    }

here GetProductImageQueryParam is a class with input parameters