Questions tagged [download-manager]

A download-manager is often used for handling long-running downloads, and might support pausing, interrupting and resuming.

The download manager will conduct the download in the background, taking care of HTTP interactions and retrying downloads after failures or across connectivity changes and system reboots.

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Download multiple audio files

I have trying to download the multiple .mp3 files from a server at time. One complete audio file is divided into 286 parts. I fetch all the urls of the file and now I want to download 286 files. I search a lot but many library stop downloading when…
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set a request timer in R to pace URL downloads

I am using R (curl::curl_download) to retrieve files from the internet/FTP site. Code works great except the site I'm pulling from kicks me out occasionally. Administrator of that site said their system will boot you out if you make more than 1…
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How to save downloaded file from server in java

i have a java class to download file from server, this file start downloading and also completed the download , but it not give the path where it is saved in the local system , or i think it not save the file , please guide me how i save it in the…
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How to prevent the popping up of the IE Download Manager when downloading a pdf c#

when a user is opening a pdf-link in IE11... is it possible to prevent the popping up of the download manager with the options "open and save file"? My goal is: - open pdf link - open file by adobe Viewer - no popping up of download manager Is…
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Android 4 returns null to download folder

i'm using the DownloadManager to download files and save in a folder inside downloads folder in my application context folder on internal storage, this works fine in Android 6 but in android 4 the path returns null. This code works in android 6 but…
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Installer Stub for large file

We've got a large program to install (1Gb) packaged into an installer already. Is there any easy way to use a download manager to ensure that our clients can download without any issues. I was thinking a simple stub that just downloads the file then…
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Convert temporary download links (URLs) to permanent links

Particularly on sites like YouTube the download link is a temporary link which for me more often than not expires roughly after 5 hours.I like using YouTube to watch tutorials and stuff.I prefer downloading tuts overnight since watching them at HD…
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Downloading to RAM instead of External Storage in Android App

in an android app, im using Android's builtin download manager for downloading files. but it need External storage permission. i cant set this permission right now. is there any way to download to device RAM instead of External Storage? my problem…
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Android Download file from a link

After I've implemented a solution for the Android app to post to web server and validate Google Order then issue a download link. Now I am trying to work on a code for the App to read the link from the thankyou.php page
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Alternative download options for `pip` sources.

I would like to install a set of packages from requirements.txt. pip seems to be incredibly slow in the default operation (1~5 kbps). pip install -r requirements.txt The following command was not much of help either; the download was still…
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How to override download process in Chrome Extension

I am trying to make a download manager extension in chrome browser. I can monitor chrome downloads via chrome.downloads API. But, I want to override the download process and handle download destination with my extension instead of default…
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setDestinationInExternalPublicDir and getExternalStorageDirectory not equal

In my app, I want download a zip file and unzip it. In DownloadManager request I use this: request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir("/SingingStudio", "file.zip"); This is write file in external storage. And when I want to access file: String szip…
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Download files synchronously (Android)

I have an array of Urls which I would synchronously. In fact I'm in an asynctask with a for loop. I tried using downloadmanager and broadcast receiver without success (the manager use another thread so I can't unregister each time, a leak…
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Android - Use DownloadManager to download from inputStream

I have a service that will return some PDF bytes (that may be several MB); however the bytes string are embedded in an xml structure: 1 ok ......(here comes the pdf…
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Using Android DownloadManager for downloading files on https server with self-signed certificate

Is there a way to do that ? I've a bunch of services that work well with HttpUrlConnection, but i cannot use the DownloadManager for getting some files from that server, it works only in http without ssl. The application runs on API 17+ I would use…
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