How to download a file and get the path location locally

Question

I have a URL i.e http://downloadplugins.verify.com/Windows/SubAngle.exe . If i paste it on the tab and press enter then the file (SubAngle.exe) is getting downloaded and sav

Answer 1

easy and general function that im using:

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;

public static void downLoadFile(String fromFile, String toFile) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
        try {
            FileUtils.copyURLToFile(new URL(fromFile), new File(toFile), 60000, 60000);

        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("exception on: downLoadFile() function: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

Answer 2

Instead of writing this huge code, go for Apache's commons.io Try this:

URL ipURL = new URL("inputURL");
File opFile = new File("outputFile");
FileUtils.copyURLToFile(ipURL, opFile);

Answer 3

Code to DownloadFile from URL

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class DownloadFile {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        InputStream in = null;
        FileOutputStream out = null;
        try {
            // URL("http://downloadplugins.verify.com/Windows/SubAngle.exe");
            System.out.println("Starting download");
            long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
            URL url = new URL(args[0]);
            // Open the input and out files for the streams
            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            in = conn.getInputStream();
            out = new FileOutputStream("YourFile.exe");
            // Read data into buffer and then write to the output file
            byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
            int bytesRead;
            while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
            }
            long t2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Time for download & save file in millis:"+(t2-t1));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Display or throw the error
            System.out.println("Erorr while execting the program: "
                    + e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            // Close the resources correctly
            if (in != null) {
                in.close();
            }
            if (out != null) {
                out.close();
            }
        }

    }

}

Configure the value of fileName properly to know where the file is getting stored. Source: http://www.devmanuals.com/tutorials/java/corejava/files/java-read-large-file-efficiently.html

The source was modified to replace local file with http URL

Output:

java DownloadFile http://download.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/3.7.1.RELEASE/e4.5/springsource-tool-suite-3.7.1.RELEASE-e4.5.1-updatesite.zip

Starting download

Time for download & save file in millis:100184