Download files using HttpClient in .NET Core

dotnetcore_httpclient_filedownload.cs

var urlsFilePath = @"file.txt"; // file contains a tab separated filename/fileUrl combination on each line
            var lines = File.ReadAllLines(urlsFilePath);

            var outFileFolder = "images";

            var httpClient = new HttpClient();

            foreach (var line in lines)
            {
                var fileName = line.Split('\t')[0];
                var filePath = line.Split('\t')[1];

                try
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"Downloading: {fileName}");
                    var response = httpClient.GetAsync(filePath).Result;
                    var outFilePath = Path.Combine(outFileFolder, fileName);
                    response.Content.ReadAsFileAsync(outFilePath, true);
                    Console.WriteLine($"Downloaded: {fileName} - {filePath}");

                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + ex.Message);
                }

            }


            Console.WriteLine("Completed");

            Console.ReadLine();