Programatically save an image/resource from a Web URL using C# and VB.NET

Introduction

The snippet shows how to copy image from web URL to local machine using WebClient.DownloadFile method with C# and VB.NET examples.

Sample Image:

Image URL : http://dotnetmirror.com/Resources/Uploaded-Files/cd690a7d-1d60-4a85-8c14-183810d191fe/sample copy imaage.png

C# Example

using System;
using System.Net;
namespace DotNetMirror
{
    class SaveImageFromRemoteURL
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            string remoteImageURLAddress = "http://dotnetmirror.com/Resources/Uploaded-Files/cd690a7d-1d60-4a85-8c14-183810d191fe/sample copy imaage.png";
            string localFileName = @"sample copy imaage.png";
            using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
            {
                webClient.DownloadFile(remoteImageURLAddress, localFileName);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("copied image from remote location");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

VB.NET Example

Imports System.Net
Namespace DotNetMirror
    Class SaveImageFromRemoteURL
        Public Shared Sub Main()
            Dim remoteImageURLAddress As String = "http://dotnetmirror.com/Resources/Uploaded-Files/cd690a7d-1d60-4a85-8c14-183810d191fe/sample copy imaage.png"
            Dim localFileName As String = "c:\sample copy imaage.png"
            Using webClient As New WebClient()
                webClient.DownloadFile(remoteImageURLAddress, localFileName)
            End Using
            Console.WriteLine("copied image from remote location")
            Console.ReadLine()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Output

Explanation