Stream a file larger than 2GB

[gdgudmundson]

How do I set the WebDavClient to allow GetRawFile to stream a file larger than 2GB

[skazantsev]

@gdgudmundson it looks like a bug in the library.

Currently, if you download a file using WebDavClient it tries to load it fully into memory instead of actually streaming it.

It can be fixed by adding HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead to a request that is made by the underlying HttpClient but it requires additional changes to API to make response of GetRawFile and GetProcessedFile disposable.

I plan to fix it and release a new version of the library soon.

[gdgudmundson]

Another thing to consider is the ContentLength property on the WebDavResource class is an integer which only allows for 2GB file. It would need to be a long to support larger files.

I look forward to a new version.

Thanks!

[skazantsev]

Yeah, nice catch!

[skazantsev]

I have implemented a fix and released a new version to NuGet.

[tipa]

Any chance to make this an option in GetFileParameters so we can decide what HttpCompletionOption to use? In my use-case I am loading the stream into memory anyways and in order to call the Length or Position properties on the returned Stream from HttpClient, the HttpCompletionOption needs to be ResponseContentRead