How to download file from url that redirects?

Question

i\'m trying to download a file from a link that doesn\'t contain the file, but instead it redirects to another (temporary) link that contains the actual file. The objective

Answer 1

I guess the easy option is simply this (after what you've got there.. and the URL you provided in place of http://www.contoso.com):

using (var responseStream = myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream()) {
    using (var fileStream = 
              new FileStream(Path.Combine("folder_here", "filename_here"), FileMode.Create)) {
        responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
    }
}

EDIT:

In fact, this won't work. It isn't a HTTP redirect that downloads the file. Look at the source of that page.. you'll see this:

It basically uses the browser to redirect. Unfortunately what you're trying to do won't work.