Download File
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The file is given a name and a location is selected through the save as dialog that appears after clicking the browse button. | The file is given a name and a location is selected through the save as dialog that appears after clicking the browse button. | ||
| + | The command also accepts variables and functions such as [[$next list item]], [[$list item]], [[$random list item]], [[$previous list item]], and [[$table cell]] for the folder location and the download url. | ||
| − | == Example == | + | |
| + | == Example 1 == | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | download file("http://ubotstudio.com/files/ | + | download file("http://ubotstudio.com/files/W. B. Yeats Poem.txt", "C:\\Users\\UBook\\Documents\\W. B. Yeats Poem.txt") |
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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| − | [[File: | + | [[File:Yeats.png]] |
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| + | == Example 2: XML Files == | ||
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| + | Sometimes, you might encounter an xml file on a webpage such as an rss feed that will be difficult to scrape. | ||
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| + | Since it is a file, download file can help bypass the scraping method and grab everything you need to a file. | ||
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| + | <pre> | ||
| + | navigate("http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1057","Wait") | ||
| + | wait(3) | ||
| + | download file("http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1057","C:\\Users\\Documents\\doc text.txt") | ||
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| + | </pre> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:08, 7 November 2017
This command will download a file from the url location you provide that has a file for downloading.
Download File is a Browser Command.
Download URL: Where the url for the file being downloaded should go.
Save As: Determines where the downloaded file will be downloaded to in your system folders.
The file is given a name and a location is selected through the save as dialog that appears after clicking the browse button.
The command also accepts variables and functions such as $next list item, $list item, $random list item, $previous list item, and $table cell for the folder location and the download url.
[edit] Example 1
download file("http://ubotstudio.com/files/W. B. Yeats Poem.txt", "C:\\Users\\UBook\\Documents\\W. B. Yeats Poem.txt")
Running the command will download the file at the url to the specified location in your folder.
[edit] Example 2: XML Files
Sometimes, you might encounter an xml file on a webpage such as an rss feed that will be difficult to scrape.
Since it is a file, download file can help bypass the scraping method and grab everything you need to a file.
navigate("http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1057","Wait")
wait(3)
download file("http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1057","C:\\Users\\Documents\\doc text.txt")
