Here’s how I use the WebClient object to download a pdf from Sharepoint 2010:
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string uri = "wwww.google.ca";
string filepath = "waffles.pdf";
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
wc.Credentials = loginCredentials;
byte[] generatedPdf = wc.DownloadData(uri + "/" + filePath);