How do I get the filesize from the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File object?

Question

I'm looking for a good way to get filesize from the Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File object.

The Client object does not have a Length member.

I tried this:

foreach (SP.File file in files)
{
    string path = file.Path;
    path = path.Substring(this.getTeamSiteUrl().Length);
    FileInformation fileInformation = SP.File.OpenBinaryDirect(this.Context, path);
    using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        CopyStream(fileInformation.Stream, memoryStream);
        file.Size = memoryStream.Length;
    }
}

Which gave me a length through using the MemoryStream, but it's not good for performance. This file also does not belong to a document library. Since it's an attached file, I can't convert it to a ListItem object using ListItemAllFields. If I could convert it to a ListItem, I could get its size using: ListItem["File_x0020_Size"]

How do I get the filesize of the Client object in SharePoint using C#?

Solution

Load the File_x0020_Size field information to get it.

This is what I do when I want to list all the files in a Sharepoint 2010 folder:

//folderPath is something like /yoursite/yourlist/yourfolder
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Folder spFolder = _ctx.Web.GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl(folderPath);

_ctx.Load(spFolder);
_ctx.ExecuteQuery();

FileCollection fileCol = spFolder.Files;
_ctx.Load(fileCol);
_ctx.ExecuteQuery();

foreach (Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File spFile in fileCol)
{
    //In here, specify all the fields you want retrieved, including the file size one...
    _ctx.Load(spFile, file => file.Author, file => file.TimeLastModified, file=>file.TimeCreated, 
                            file => file.Name, file => file.ServerRelativeUrl, file => file.ListItemAllFields["File_x0020_Size"]);
    _ctx.ExecuteQuery();

    int fileSize = int.Parse((string)spFile.ListItemAllFields["File_x0020_Size"]);
}

_ctx is obviously the ClientContext you have initiated.

Here's an extended list of all Sharepoint internal fields

Comments

[user834964]

Thank you for sending a reply. I tried fileInformation.Stream.Length to get stream length. but,this property throws System.NotSupportedException. Code which copies a stream from such a reason. mmm...A solution is not found by me yet. regards

[Steve Drake]

I know this is and old Q, but this will not preform very well. SP2013 has file.length but in 2010 you can do what is suggested above.