WebClient 403 Forbidden

Question

I can download this by hand in IE.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar.ris?q=info:j8ymU9rzMsEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&hl=zh-CN&as_sdt=2000&

Answer 1

I get a 403 in IE, I guess you need to be logged in to retrieve the resource. Your browser may have the credentials cached but your app isn't designed to log you in. Or are you logged in to Google in your browser - try logging out and see if you still have access....

Answer 2

Just add a simple line before you make your download:

string url = ... 
string fileName = ...

WebClient wb = new WebClient();
wb.Headers.Add("User-Agent: Other");   //that is the simple line!
wb.DownloadFile(url, fileName);

That's it.