Re: How to script Safari to download a file
Re: How to script Safari to download a file
- Subject: Re: How to script Safari to download a file
- From: Stephen Lanza <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:11:58 -0400
On 07/17/04 1:00 AM, "email@hidden"
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 23:24:32 +0200
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Subject: Re: How to script Safari to download a file
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From: jj <email@hidden>
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To: applescriptmaillist <email@hidden>
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> I download an audio file from a webpage each day and would like to automate
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> the process.
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> I can use the following script to get the audio file to play on a web page
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> but I want to download the file instead of playing it.
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> tell application "Safari"
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> activate
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> if not (exists document 1) then
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> make new document at the beginning of documents
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> end if
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> set the URL of the front document to
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> "http://www.archive.org/download/dn2004-0716/dn2004-0716-1_64kb.mp3";
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> end tell
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> Basically, I want to save the file as if I control clicked on the url and
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> selected the 'Download linked file as ...' command
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You can use "curl" in a "do shell script":
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do shell script "cd ~/Desktop; curl -O http://server.com/file.mp3";
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(just use your download location instead of "~/Desktop")
JJ
Thanks for the code.
Stephen Lanza
Software Complement
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