Can LabVIEW download files from the Internet? I know the URLs of the files.

[bmihura]

Can LabVIEW download files from the Internet? I know the URLs of the files.

[CharlieRodway]

Hi bmihura,

I'm not sure what you what to do - download or open URLs - but I've put together the attached VI.

I hope it is of some use.

[bmihura]

That example displays data from a URL in a separate browser window nicely. But is there a way to retrieve the data into a LabVIEW string?

For example, I'd like to read a .gif or .jpf file from a URL, then save it to my local hard drive.

[bmihura]

Oh, to anwswer your question more directly, I want to download rather than open URLs.

[shahina]

Hi bmihura,

Please refer to the following knowledge base entry:
How to Display an Image from the Web in LabVIEW

It gives an example VI that accomplishes what you are trying to do.

Good luck!
Shakhina P.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[bmihura]

Perfect, thanks.

[CharlieRodway]

Hi bmihura,

I've written a downloader that might be useful to you.

[bmihura]

That is useful, thanks.

[gibon]

Help me, please. This file - downloader.vi works with small files. I have much bigger file and this not work. I have one more question: Can You make this downloader with bytes recieved, bytes to do and size of file to download ? 

Of course there is vi "Url Get" and this one can download bigger files but I can't force it to make status, I mean bytes recived, bytes to do and size.

[hamidnaghi1]

How can use the Downloader for https ?