There is an online HTTP directory that I have access to. I have tried to download all sub-directories and files via wget. But, the problem is that when wget downloads sub-directories it downloads the index.html file which contains the list of files in that directory without downloading the files themselves. Is there a way to … Read more
This is simplest example running wget: wget http://www.example.com/images/misc/pic.png but how to make wget skip download if pic.pngis already available? 6 Answers 6
I know I can get the project through git clone command, but is there any way, how to download the project through the web interface from BitBucket.org? In the best way, I am looking for a way to download a project source as ZIP compress file. 8 Answers 8
I’m encountering a problem sending files stored in a database back to the user in ASP.NET MVC. What I want is a view listing two links, one to view the file and let the mimetype sent to the browser determine how it should be handled, and the other to force a download. If I choose … Read more
I’ve been fiddling with WebGL lately, and have gotten a Collada reader working. Problem is it’s pretty slow (Collada is a very verbose format), so I’m going to start converting files to a easier to use format (probably JSON). I already have the code to parse the file in JavaScript, so I may as well … Read more
Well, this one seems quite simple, and it is. All you have to do to download a file to your server is: file_put_contents(“Tmpfile.zip”, file_get_contents(“http://someurl/file.zip”)); Only there is one problem. What if you have a large file, like 100mb. Then, you will run out of memory, and not be able to download the file. What I … Read more
How can I download a file that is in my server to my machine accessing a page in a nodeJS server? I’m using the ExpressJS and I’ve been trying this: app.get(‘/download’, function(req, res){ var file = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + ‘/upload-folder/dramaticpenguin.MOV’, ‘binary’); res.setHeader(‘Content-Length’, file.length); res.write(file, ‘binary’); res.end(); }); But I can’t get the file name and the … Read more
I have a requirement where I need to download a PDF from the website. The PDF needs to be generated within the code, which I thought would be a combination of freemarker and a PDF generation framework like iText. Any better way? However, my main problem is how do I allow the user to download … Read more
I have a very similar requirement specified here. I need to have the user’s browser start a download manually when $(‘a#someID’).click(); But I cannot use the window.href method, since it replaces the current page contents with the file you’re trying to download. Instead I want to open the download in new window/tab. How is this … Read more
There is an online file (such as http://www.example.com/information.asp) I need to grab and save to a directory. I know there are several methods for grabbing and reading online files (URLs) line-by-line, but is there a way to just download and save the file using Java? 23 Answers 23 Use Apache Commons IO. It is just … Read more
