Response.WriteFile — Write out a byte stream

Question

Is is possible to write to the http response stream from a dynamically created bitmap using the Response.Write/WriteFile without saving the image to the hard drive?

Answer 1

You can use a MemoryStream and assign it to Response.OutputStream, or simply use Response.OutputStream directly when saving the bitmap.

There is an example in the documentation on this page, though it simply saves the bitmap directly to the output stream:

// Set the correct content type, so browser/client knows what you are sending
Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
Response.Clear();

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);

bmp.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);