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* QUANTCONNECT.COM - Democratizing Finance, Empowering Individuals.
* Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine v2.0. Copyright 2014 QuantConnect Corporation.
*
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using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace QuantConnect.Interfaces
{
///
/// Wrapper on the API for downloading data for an algorithm.
///
public interface IDownloadProvider
{
///
/// Method for downloading data for an algorithm
///
/// Source URL to download from
/// Headers to pass to the site
/// Username for basic authentication
/// Password for basic authentication
/// String contents of file
string Download(string address, IEnumerable> headers, string userName, string password);
///
/// Method for downloading data for an algorithm that can be read from a stream
///
/// Source URL to download from
/// Headers to pass to the site
/// Username for basic authentication
/// Password for basic authentication
/// String contents of file
byte[] DownloadBytes(string address, IEnumerable> headers, string userName, string password);
}
}