http web file retrieval

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I need to retrieve files from my customers using http. I can logon the site and get to the download page but do not know how to force the download to work. I get the file name returned in the "content disposition

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I have not tried it, but I think you can do it using pub.client.http service. I would be similar to URLConnection in Java programming.
Good Luck

3

I am using this service but I cant find where the file is or if it is being returned like an ie issue of the same command when you get the save as screen.

4

According to documentation the output file will be in the output parameter “Body” in form of byte or stream (depending on the loadAs value.

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Try using loadDocument to get the file from web.

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Note that loadAsDocument is for XML or HTML files. If you have a different contentType use pub.client:http. See the Built-In Services Manual for details.

If it is a large file, I would get it back as a stream and write it out to disk before processing it.

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I am doing something similar. Getting the file using pub.client:http. These files (can be a .doc, .xls, .pdf or .rtf) are coming back in a MIME envelope, so I am parsing the body out using webMethods services and writing it to a file system using ByteArrayInputStream and FileOutputStream.