How to download a file in ASP.NET Core

Question

In MVC, we have used following code to download a file. In ASP.NET core, how to achieve this?

HttpResponse response = HttpContext.Current.Response;                   


        

Answer 1

my way is quite short and I think it suits most people's need.

  [HttpPost]
  public ActionResult Download(string filePath, string fileName)
  {
      var fileBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);
      new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider().TryGetContentType(Path.GetFileName(filePath), out var contentType);
      return File(fileBytes, contentType ?? "application/octet-stream", fileName);
  }