Download Data Url
Category: Mega-Polis → Gathering → Gathering Supporting Tools
Node ID:SvMegapolisDownloadDataUrl
Tooltip: Download data from a weblink (Uniform Resource Locator - URL)
Dependencies:wget(viafrom megapolis.dependencies import wget),os
Functionality
Downloads one or more files from the web (HTTP/HTTPS) and saves them into a target folder.
The node: - Requires both URL and Folder inputs to be linked (otherwise it does nothing) - Uses os.path.basename(url) to keep the original filename - Downloads using wget.download(url, f"{folder}/{name}") - Outputs a simple status message on completion :contentReferenceoaicite:1
Inputs
| Socket | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| URL | SvStringsSocket | A single URL string or a list of URL strings to download. |
| Folder | SvStringsSocket | Output folder path where the file(s) will be saved. |
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| download | Bool | False | When enabled, triggers the download process. |
Outputs
| Socket | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Output Message | SvStringsSocket | A list containing a status string after download. |
Example
Download a single file
- Connect:
- URL →
"https://example.com/data.geojson" - Folder →
"/tmp"
- URL →
- Enable download.
- Result file saved as:
/tmp/data.geojson
Download multiple files
- Connect:
- URL →
["https://example.com/a.tif", "https://example.com/b.tif"] - Folder →
"/tmp"
- URL →
- Enable download.
- Files saved as:
/tmp/a.tif
/tmp/b.tif