Android Question Download file from GitHub repository

[Mike1970]

Hi everyone.
I never used github but now I need to download a file from a repository.
I have a repository , and I want to download only the latest added file.
It’s possibile to do this in b4x?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Lucas Siqueira]

Hi everyone.
I never used github but now I need to download a file from a repository.
I have a repository , and I want to download only the latest added file.
It’s possibile to do this in b4x?
Thanks in advance.

you can download the file, or you can get the data from the page using okhttp

[B4X] OkHttpUtils2 with Wait For

Downloading resources is simpler with the new Resumable Subs feature. Using Wait For we can wait for the JobDone event in the same sub that started the download. No longer is it needed to have a single sub that handles all requests results. Simplest example: Dim j As HttpJob j.Initialize(""...

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Sub DownloadAndSaveFile (Link As String)
   Dim j As HttpJob
   j.Initialize("", Me)
   j.Download(Link)
   Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
   If j.Success Then
       Dim out As OutputStream = File.OpenOutput(File.DirInternal, "filename.dat", False)
     File.Copy2(job.GetInputStream, out)
     out.Close '<------ very important
   End If
   j.Release
End Sub

Dim j As HttpJob
j.Initialize("", Me)
j.Download("https://www.google.com")
Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
If j.Success Then
   Log(j.GetString)
End If
j.Release

 

[Mike1970]

Tha

you can download the file, or you can get the data from the page using okhttp

[B4X] OkHttpUtils2 with Wait For

Downloading resources is simpler with the new Resumable Subs feature. Using Wait For we can wait for the JobDone event in the same sub that started the download. No longer is it needed to have a single sub that handles all requests results. Simplest example: Dim j As HttpJob j.Initialize(""...

www.b4x.com

Sub DownloadAndSaveFile (Link As String)
   Dim j As HttpJob
   j.Initialize("", Me)
   j.Download(Link)
   Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
   If j.Success Then
       Dim out As OutputStream = File.OpenOutput(File.DirInternal, "filename.dat", False)
     File.Copy2(job.GetInputStream, out)
     out.Close '<------ very important
   End If
   j.Release
End Sub

Dim j As HttpJob
j.Initialize("", Me)
j.Download("https://www.google.com")
Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
If j.Success Then
   Log(j.GetString)
End If
j.Release

THanks i will try it out later!

 

[Lucas Siqueira]

Tha

THanks i will try it out later!

here's the sample source code

remembering that I accessed raw, to get the file link.

 

[Mike1970]

here's the sample source code

remembering that I accessed raw, to get the file link.

View attachment 89306

It works beautifully.
but it works only to ONE file.

unfortunately the repository I have to use updates once a day with a NEW file, not updating the previous.

so I need to get the last file and then read it

 

[Lucas Siqueira]

It works beautifully.
but it works only to ONE file.

unfortunately the repository I have to use updates once a day with a NEW file, not updating the previous.

so I need to get the last file and then read it

can you send which is the github directory you want to get the files from?

 

[Mike1970]

can you send which is the github directory you want to get the files from?

Oh i noticed that for the same datas there is the time-series version (that I can use with your example), and daily-report (that is what I was talking about):

COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports at master · CSSEGISandData/COVID-19

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases, provided by JHU CSSE - COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports at master · CSSEGISandData/COVID-19

github.com

 

[Lucas Siqueira]

Oh i noticed that for the same datas there is the time-series version (that I can use with your example), and daily-report (that is what I was talking about):

COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports at master · CSSEGISandData/COVID-19

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases, provided by JHU CSSE - COVID-19/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports at master · CSSEGISandData/COVID-19

github.com

apparently it is simple to solve your case, the published file always has the same name ... month-day-year ...
so I got the base of the link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/C...se_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports/

and add in it the name of the file formed by the month-day-year.csv
that way you will always download the file of the day, updated!

I try to download the file of the current date, if it does not exist, the app tries to download the one from the previous day, if it does not exist the app will try until the previous 5 days.

 

[Mike1970]

apparently it is simple to solve your case, the published file always has the same name ... month-day-year ...
so I got the base of the link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/C...se_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports/

and add in it the name of the file formed by the month-day-year.csv
that way you will always download the file of the day, updated!

I try to download the file of the current date, if it does not exist, the app tries to download the one from the previous day, if it does not exist the app will try until the previous 5 days.

OOOOOO OK! thanks i didn't thought to have a variable link!! Thanks for you help and precious tips!!