A high Performance C# file downloader that asyncrounously downloads files as pieces. Made as a faster, more efficent replacement to Microsoft's WebClient.
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$ dotnet add package OctaneEngineCoreReadme
A high Performance C# file downloader that asyncrounously downloads files as pieces. Made as a faster, more efficent replacement to Microsoft's WebClient.
$ dotnet add package OctaneEngineCore
Experience a powerful, piecewise file downloader for C#, designed to asynchronously fetch files in segments. It’s built to outperform Microsoft’s WebClient with greater speed and efficiency. Curious to see it in action? Check out the Octane YouTube Extractor.
dotnet add package OctaneEngineCoreconst string url = "https://plugins.jetbrains.com/files/7973/281233/sonarlint-intellij-7.4.0.60471.zip?updateId=281233&pluginId=7973&family=INTELLIJ";
// Create engine directly without builder - no DI required (if you don't want it!)
var engine = EngineBuilder.Create().WithConfiguration(config => {
config.Parts = 8;
config.BufferSize = 8192;
config.ShowProgress = true;
config.NumRetries = 10;
config.BytesPerSecond = 1;
config.UseProxy = false;
config.LowMemoryMode = false;
config.RetryCap = 30;
}).Build();
// Setup download
var pauseTokenSource = new PauseTokenSource();
using var cancelTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
// Download the file
engine.DownloadFile(new OctaneRequest(url, null), pauseTokenSource, cancelTokenSource.Token).Wait(); await Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args).UseSerilog((context, configuration) =>
{
configuration
.Enrich.FromLogContext()
.MinimumLevel.Fatal()
.WriteTo.Async(a => a.File("./OctaneLog.txt"))
.WriteTo.Async(a => a.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Sixteen));
}).ConfigureAppConfiguration(configurationBuilder =>
{
configurationBuilder.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json");
}).UseOctaneEngine().ConfigureServices(collection =>
{
collection.AddHostedService<DownloadService>();
}).RunConsoleAsync();using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
using OctaneEngineCore;
namespace OctaneTester;
public class DownloadService(IEngine engine, IHostApplicationLifetime lifetime) : BackgroundService
{
private const string Url = "https://plugins.jetbrains.com/files/7973/281233/sonarlint-intellij-7.4.0.60471.zip?updateId=281233&pluginId=7973&family=INTELLIJ";
protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
var pauseTokenSource = new PauseTokenSource();
await engine.DownloadFile(new OctaneRequest(Url, null), pauseTokenSource, stoppingToken);
lifetime.StopApplication();
}
}"Octane": {
"Parts": 8,
"BufferSize": 8196,
"ShowProgress": true,
"NumRetries": 10,
"RetryCap": 30,
"BytesPerSecond": 1,
"UseProxy": false,
"LowMemoryMode": false
}BenchmarkDotNet v0.13.12, Windows 10 (10.0.19045.3803/22H2/2022Update)
12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K, 1 CPU, 20 logical and 12 physical cores
.NET SDK 8.0.100
[Host] : .NET 6.0.25 (6.0.2523.51912), X64 RyuJIT AVX2 [AttachedDebugger]
Job-GUGLRW : .NET 6.0.25 (6.0.2523.51912), X64 RyuJIT AVX2
Platform=X64 IterationCount=5 WarmupCount=0
| Method | Url | Mean | Error | StdDev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BenchmarkOctane | http:(...)150MB [30] | 8.773 s | 1.321 s | 0.3430 s |
| BenchmarkOctaneLowMemory | http:(...)150MB [30] | 8.999 s | 0.5978 s | 0.0925 s |
| BenchmarkHttpClient | http:(...)150MB [30] | 8.648 s | 0.7375 s | 0.1915 s |
| BenchmarkOctane | https(...)250MB [31] | 14.335 s | 2.095 s | 0.5440 s |
| BenchmarkOctaneLowMemory | https(...)250MB [31] | 14.159 s | 1.7879 s | 0.4643 s |
| BenchmarkHttpClient | https(...)250MB [31] | 15.775 s | 2.2267 s | 0.3446 s |
| BenchmarkOctane | https(...)500MB [31] | 28.262 s | 1.876 s | 0.2904 s |
| BenchmarkOctaneLowMemory | https(...)500MB [31] | 27.303 s | 1.0371 s | 0.2693 s |
| BenchmarkHttpClient | https(...)500MB [31] | 31.325 s | 1.7619 s | 0.2727 s |
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 Greg James
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