How to download Sitecore media library item on client browser programmatically

Sitecore Media Item Download

One of my friend struggling for downloading PDF file from Sitecore media library on client browser
. So I thought to write a code on the same.

Below code can force any media library item to be downloaded on client browser.

private void DownloadMediaLibraryItem()

{

    //Get Media Item

    var mediaItem = Sitecore.Data.Database.GetDatabase("master").GetItem(new ID("{5D8B8B5B-BD43-4F8E-B1B5-EACA7D78F0DE}"));

    var media = Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.GetMedia(mediaItem);

    //Get Media Stream in buffer

    var mediaStream = media.GetStream();

    byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)mediaStream.Length];

    mediaStream.Stream.Read(buffer, 0, (int)mediaStream.Length);

    //Send response to browser

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearContent();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearHeaders();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", buffer.Length.ToString());

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + mediaItem.Name + ".pdf");

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.BinaryWrite(buffer);

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.End();

}

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