Download a file with its given name
Normally if you want to download a file through your browser, the browser asks you for the destination path and the name of the file is already given.
Now I want to download a file with that specific filename. How can I do that?
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What do you mean with downloading a file with a specific filename?
Do you want to let the user choose the location and name?
No I want to get the original file name as I would be downloading it from the browser, you know?
Do you ever plan to explain? How could anyone ever guess what it is you're speaking about?
Did you ever download a file with your browser?
Then you should've seen that the name of the file is always given. But when I download a file with Java I need to use a filename which I want to avoid
Are you downloading a file from a Java application using the URL?
If so, can you show the code? What are you using for downloading the file?
I think the filename is in an HTTP header
I still didnt code it yet
You can get the
Content-Disposition response header
and extract the filename from thereOkay, I'll look into the headers real quick
MDN Web Docs
Content-Disposition - HTTP | MDN
In a regular HTTP response, the Content-Disposition response header is a header indicating if the content is expected to be displayed inline in the browser, that is, as a Web page or as part of a Web page, or as an attachment, that is downloaded and saved locally.
Is this correct?
Because I am only getting these headers:
Servers don't have to provide the
Content-Disposition field
In this case, the file name is inferred from the URLHm I see, let me try another url
preferably one where the name in the URL is different from the name you get when downloading it in the browser
Unfortunately the site where I will be downloading the files from is not creating that header :/
Still thank you for your help
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