I am facing an issue with download a file from server with WCF rest serice. On localhost everything is working fine, but when i expose the api from static ip then remote computer is not able to download the large file (500Mb).
Below is my test scenario so far:
- Using webHttpBinding.
- With transferMode = "buffered", the file is transferring but having exception of byteArraylength.
- With transferMode = "streamed", the file is start download at remote browser, but stop inbetween ans server side there is an exception of "Semaphore timeout period expired".
Service contract
<ServiceContract>
Public Interface IService
<OperationContract()>
<WebGet(UriTemplate:="File/{Param}", ResponseFormat:=WebMessageFormat.Json, BodyStyle:=WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)>
Function FileDownloadRequest(Param As String) As Stream
End Interface
<ServiceBehavior(InstanceContextMode:=InstanceContextMode.Single, ConcurrencyMode:=ConcurrencyMode.Multiple, UseSynchronizationContext:=False)>
Public Class RequestHandler
Implements IService
Private Function FileDownloadRequest(Param As String) As Stream Implements IService.FileDownloadRequest
Dim _FileName As String = RootFolder & "\" & Param
Try
ReqLogs.Add("<<-- Download request recieved for " & _FileName)
'
'Header Set For CORS
'
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
If File.Exists(_FileName) Then
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.Headers("Content-Disposition") = "attachment; filename=" + "Report Data.csv"
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.StatusCode = Net.HttpStatusCode.OK
Dim _FStream As New FileStream(_FileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentLength = _FStream.Length
ReqLogs.Add("<<-- Download processing..... ++ " & _FStream.Length.ToString)
Return _FStream
Else
ReqLogs.Add("---- File not found to download !!!")
Throw New Exception("File not found to download")
End If
Catch ex As Exception
ReqLogs.Add("Download event error: " & ex.Message)
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.StatusCode = Net.HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError
Return Nothing
End Try
End Function
End Class