Read file from FTP to memory in C#

Question

I want to read a file from a FTP server without downloading it to a local file. I wrote a function but it does not work:

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Answer 1

WebClient request = new WebClient();
string url = "ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/fortran/" +"README.TXT";
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("anonymous", "anonymous@example.com");
request.Proxy = null;

try
{
  byte[] newFileData = request.DownloadData(url);
  string fileString = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(newFileData);
  Console.WriteLine(fileString);
}
catch (WebException e)
{
  // Do something such as log error, but this is based on OP's original code
  // so for now we do nothing.
}