Hello, I have problems downloading a file from a https repository. What is the best way to download a file where I don’t know the full file name? Using wildcards * or regex ([.*]) in the url of the get_url module does not work. I can get the entire html of the url with the uri module, but then I…

Get_url with wildcards

flowerysong April 5, 2024, 6:59pm 3

That’s simply not how HTTP is designed to work, regardless of what method you’re using for retrieval. You have to know the full location of the resource you’re requesting.

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