Action - Download URL

The action Download URL directly downloads a file in the background to the defined directory.

 

Examples:
  • Download a PDF newspaper every morning.
Settings
URL
The URL to download. Variables are supported.
Examples:
  • http://example.com/newspaper_{triggertime,dateformat,yyyyMMdd}.pdf becomes http://example.com/newspaper_20110213.pdf
Directory
The directory to place the downloaded file in. Variables are supported.
Filename
The filename to use for the downloaded file. The URL is used to determine the filename if none is provided. Variables are supported.
Show progress notification
Whether or not to show a notification on the statusbar indicating the progress of the operation.
A variable is a container for a value that can be used in many actions and conditions to dynamically define a part of a text.
See action Script for a description.

Supplied Variables
file_path
the target path of the downloaded file