The script below downloads a file from the Internet and saves it to the specified directory on your computer.
VBScript
Sub Test Dim strFileURL, strHDLocation, objHTTP, objADOStream, objFSO ' Specify the names of the source and destination files strFileURL = "http://www.automatedqa.com/file to get" strHDLocation = "c:\temp\filename" ' Download the file Set objHTTP = Sys.OleObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP") Call objHTTP.open("GET", strFileURL, False) Call objHTTP.send While ( objHTTP.readyState <> 4 ) And ( objHTTP.readyState <> "complete" ) Call Delay(100) WEnd If (200 <> objHTTP.Status) Then Call Log.Error("The " & strFileURL & " file was not found." &_ " The returned status is " & objHTTP.Status) Exit Sub End If Set objADOStream = Sys.OleObject("ADODB.Stream") Call objADOStream.Open objADOStream.Type = 1 ' adTypeBinary Call objADOStream.Write(objHTTP.ResponseBody) objADOStream.Position = 0 ' Set the stream position to the start Set objFSO = Sys.OleObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If (objFSO.FileExists(strHDLocation)) Then Call objFSO.DeleteFile(strHDLocation) End If Call objADOStream.SaveToFile(strHDLocation) Call objADOStream.Close End Sub
JScript
function Test() { // Specify the names of the source and destination files var strFileURL = "http://www.automatedqa.com/file to get"; var strHDLocation = "c:\\temp\\filename"; // Download the file var objHTTP = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP"); objHTTP.open("GET", strFileURL, false); objHTTP.send(); while((objHTTP.readyState != 4) && (objHTTP.readyState != 'complete')) { Delay(100); } if (200 != objHTTP.Status) { Log.Error("The " + strFileURL + " file was not found." + " The returned status is " + objHTTP.Status); return; } var objADOStream = new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Stream"); objADOStream.Open(); objADOStream.Type = 1; //adTypeBinary objADOStream.Write(objHTTP.ResponseBody); objADOStream.Position = 0; //Set the stream position to the start var objFSO = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); if (objFSO.FileExists(strHDLocation)) objFSO.DeleteFile(strHDLocation) objADOStream.SaveToFile(strHDLocation); objADOStream.Close(); }
Python
def test(): #Specify the names of the source and destination files strFileURL = "http://www.automatedqa.com/file to get" strHDLocation = "c:\\temp\\filename" #Download the file objHTTP = Sys.OleObject["MSXML2.XMLHTTP"] objHTTP.open("GET", strFileURL, False) objHTTP.send() while((objHTTP.readyState != 4) and (objHTTP.readyState != 'complete')): Delay(100) if 200 != objHTTP.Status : Log.Error("The " + strFileURL + " file was not found." +" The returned status is " + objHTTP.Status) return objADOStream = Sys.OleObject["ADODB.Stream"] objADOStream.Open() objADOStream.Type = 1 #adTypeBinary objADOStream.Write(objHTTP.ResponseBody) objADOStream.Position = 0 #Set the stream position to the start objFSO = Sys.OleObject["Scripting.FileSystemObject"] if (objFSO.FileExists(strHDLocation)): objFSO.DeleteFile(strHDLocation) objADOStream.SaveToFile(strHDLocation) objADOStream.Close()