Download file over HTTPS using .NET (dotnet)

You need to add a certificate validator:

// You need to call it only once in a static constructor or multiple times there is no problem ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = ValidateCertificate; private static bool ValidateCertificate(object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors) { return true; } 

In VB:

ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = AddressOf ValidateCertificate Dim client As WebClient = New WebClient() '... 'Your code Private Shared Function ValidateCertificate(sender As Object, certificate As X509Certificate, chain As X509Chain, sslPolicyErrors As SslPolicyErrors) As Boolean return True End Function 

You just need to point that address to your HTTPS resource and to inform your credential:

client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password"); client.DownloadFile("https://your.resource.here", @"localfile.jog") 

You're talking about how to log into a site protected by a HTML form login. I wrote this code sometime ago and you could to adapt it to login into your remote site: Orkut Login Code

Things you need to keep in mind:

• If that's an ASP.NET site, you need to call it first to get __EVENTTARGET and __EVENTARGUMENT values, as they're required to process your login postback. If it's not, skip this step.
• You need to identify that names that site uses to fill your username and password
• You must to add a CookieContainer. It keeps your login cookie, so subsequent calls uses that authenticated context.
• After all that, you should be able to get your remote resource and to download it

Try something like this

 WebClient wc = new WebClient(); wc.UseDefaultCredentials = false; CredentialCache creds = new CredentialCache(); creds.Add(new Uri(url), "Basic",new NetworkCredential(username, password, domain)); wc.Credentials = creds; wc.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.UserAgent,"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;"); //wc.Headers["Accept"] = "/"; wc.DownloadFile(url,localpath);