UiPath - Download File From URL | How to download file from website using UiPath

Learn the best way to download a file from any website using UiPath while minimizing user interface interactions.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 File to download
02:00 Step 1- Get URL (Get Attribute)
06:14 Step 2- Download File
09:00 Step 3- Verification (Wait for download)
12:08 Troubleshoot Href Attribute
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________ 👇 Code 👇 ________
Using w As New System.Net.WebClient()
w.DownloadFile(Url,Path)
End Using
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[@SrdjanS_Automations]

The last part is why I watched the video. Amazing tip!

[@redamarzouk]

Yep, it's definitely so useful as an activities and not a lot of people talk about it.
Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mohibkhann]

You explain very good my friend. Was a very helpful video. Thanks and keep up the good work :)

[@redamarzouk]

You're most welcome!!! Will do!

[@amineachalhi3216]

thank you for the last tip ;)

[@redamarzouk]

My pleasure 😁

[@KevinRamirez-vw5kv]

Great stuff, really appreciate it.

[@redamarzouk]

My pleasure Kevin!

[@hemenths.k9009]

Hey, I am getting Invoke Code: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. Error when ran this.

[@thejewbacabra4926]

THANK YOU

[@redamarzouk]

You’re most welcome 🙏

[@UiPath_ESP]

great video

[@redamarzouk]

Thank you 😄

[@mineshchande9824]

Hi. Thanks a lot for the video. If I have urls but they download files with different extensions i.e. PDF, JPEG, PNG, etc. How can I achieve that?

[@redamarzouk]

You’re welcome.
In that case you just change the extension at the end of the argument “path” to .jpg or .png etc
If you only have URLs without knowing what’s inside of them look for an indication inside of the url to extract the extension.
If you don’t have any indication you will have to go to the source of the urls and extract the extension.
Hope that helps.

[@user-bb6kt6gm8s]

What if same file name xlsx is already present in the folder?
I guess wait for download activity will wait for forever. correct me if I am wrong.

[@redamarzouk]

Hello,
Yes you're right, it's necessary to have a unique name for every file you download.
You can do that using the date of the download (now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd__HH-mm-ss")) as a string added to the name of the file.

[@Marieloureiro]

What f I need to log in to the website to perform the download?

[@redamarzouk]

Hello,
Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the difficulty in that.
You will automate the log in action in UiPath, retrieve the URL and then download the file using the method I've shown.

[@redamarzouk]

Here is the code guys enjoy :)
_________ 👇 Code 👇 _________
Using w As New System.Net.WebClient()
w.DownloadFile(Url,Path)
End Using

[@user-fe5lq5oc2d]

But this is not working for me