How to Download a Folder Containing files from A WebSite To Local Drive

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Programmatically I want to download a folder containing files from remote website to local drive.
Remote website requires User ID, Password to login then only I can navigate through webpage and download the files.
Please let me know what I can do to atomise this?

Posted 10-Nov-11 1:50am

Yatin Bhagat

Updated 23-Nov-11 19:36pm

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2011-11-10T02:06:00

Solution 1

You could create a page that puts the entire folder hierarchy into a zip file and lets you download that. On the other hand, it would be much simpler to just use FTP (assuming of course that you actually own the website in question).

Posted 10-Nov-11 2:06am

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LanFanNinja · Answer 2 · 2011-11-10T02:14:00

Solution 2

Check this out maybe it will help you automate-downloads-from-password-protected-website[^]

Posted 10-Nov-11 2:14am

LanFanNinja