.. _`Download URL to file`:

.. _`org.sysess.sympathy.files.downloadfile`:

Download URL to file
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Download file from a URL to specified filename.



**Documentation**

Download the data at URL to specified local file.


If URL resource contains credential variables for login or token
credentials these will be entered as part of the URL.

See :ref:`Credentials Preferences<preferences_credentials>` for more info.


**Definition**


*Input ports*

    :port1:  datasource

        Datasource pointing to data to read


*Output ports*

    :port1:  datasource

        Datasource of resulting file



*Configuration*:
    **Filename** (filename)
        Manually enter a filename, if not using a regular expression
    **If file already exists** (if_exists)
        What to do if the file already exists

.. automodule:: node_file_operations
    :noindex:

.. class:: DownloadFile
    :noindex: