Automatically Download a File from a Website

[firepwr]

I need to automatically download a file (via http) that exists on another server. It's not running ftp and there is no share I can map to. It's at a web address like:

http://www.domain.com/excel_file.xls

If I go to the website and click the link to that file I can easily save it but I need to automate that process.

Any ideas?

 

[philhege]

Look at AutoIT (

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/)

for Windows platforms, or DogTail (

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/020jun06/features/dogtail/)

for Linux. We use AutoIT for a number of stress testing and training scenarios.

Phil Hegedusich
Senior Programmer/Analyst
IIMAK

http://www.iimak.com

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I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

 

[firepwr]

It looks promising but none of the examples deal with IE and mouse clicks. Do you have a simple example script the finds a link on a page and clicks it?

 

[philhege]

I just put it on my work machine this afternoon and will look into it tomorrow, between work orders.

Man, I just love on-call/help desk! Hey, why don't we throw in DBA, Sharepoint admin, Biztalk babysitting, and .NET apps while we're at it! Never a dull moment!

But I digress. We haven't used AutoIT for Web apps yet, so I'll investigate.

Cheers.

Phil Hegedusich
Senior Programmer/Analyst
IIMAK

http://www.iimak.com

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I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.