How to convert a file of any type into byte array?

Question

The file can be of any type ( png,bmp,jpeg,doc,docx,pdf) I have to convert the file into byte array and send to server via WebRequest where it will be converted to the corresponding file.

Solution 1

It's as easy as var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(pathToFile)

Solution 2

You can use File.ReadAllBytes for example... BEWARE that this loads the complete file into RAM...

Solution 3

Use FileStream, you provide it the path to the file and can get the array from it.

Comments

[bryan]

Actually, use ybo's method. Much cleaner