Hi Phil, You can use the same command with HTTP, just make sure you set any HTTP headers accordingly (similar to tsNetGet).
As for the issues with FTP, which version of LC are you using? Regards, Charles > On 18 Jul 2020, at 6:48 pm, Phil Davis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > Thanks for the response. Yes, my app is doing what is shown in the lesson > (using FTP) and it's generally successful as long as the files aren't too > large. Are you saying I can probably just change the protocol to HTTP and it > will likely work? I'll try it when I'm not so bleary-eyed (it's almost 2 AM > here in the US Pacific Northwest). > > Phil > > >> On 7/18/20 12:54 AM, Charles Warwick via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi Phil, >> >> Does this lesson help you? >> >> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/853715-how-to-asynchronously-download-via-sftp-directly-to-a-file >> >> It uses SFTP with tsNetGetFile, so while the protocol used is different, the >> concept is the same. >> >> Regards, >> >> Charles >> >>> On 18 Jul 2020, at 5:17 pm, Phil Davis via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone have an working example stack you're willing to share where >>> 'tsnetGetFile' or 'tsnetGetFileSync' is using HTTP (or HTTPS) to download a >>> file? I have had limited success using FTP but it consistently fails (in my >>> situation at least) when files are bigger than 200-300 MB (depending I >>> guess on network traffic at that moment, or ???). >>> >>> Today I started with the example described in the lesson: >>> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/945907-how-to-download-multiple-files-in-the-background-with-tsnet >>> >>> The example uses HTTP via 'tsnetGet' to download the text of web pages into >>> a variable, and then uses "put tData into url ("file:" <path>)" to make the >>> files. In my real-world situation I can't do that. My actual downloads are >>> binary files that can be over 1 GB. I need to download them as files to the >>> local disk, so for me 'tsnetGet' is out. >>> >>> There are no tsnet examples on http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/ so I'm >>> turning to you (which I should have done earlier). >>> >>> (Is there anywhere else I should look for examples? I did look on >>> stackexchange and stackoverflow but no joy.) >>> >>> Thanks for any and all responses. >>> >>> -- >>> Phil Davis >>> 503-307-4363 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > -- > Phil Davis > 503-307-4363 > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
