automation - jscript http client

Need do download a file via HTTP on a Windows-Server?

Here is a how-to.

    
 var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");  
 xmlhttp.open("GET", 'http://www.nikem.de/Willkommen_files/chart1.jpg', false);  
 xmlhttp.send(null);  
    
 var adTypeBinary = 1  
 var adSaveCreateOverWrite = 2  
 var BinaryStream = new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Stream");  
    
 //Specify stream type - we want To save binary data.  
 BinaryStream.Type = adTypeBinary  
    
 //Open the stream And write binary data To the object  
 BinaryStream.Open();  
 BinaryStream.Write(xmlhttp.responseBody);  
    
 //Save binary data To disk  
 BinaryStream.SaveToFile ("C:\chart1.jpg", adSaveCreateOverWrite);  
                  
 WScript.Echo("Ready");  
    

I used the binary format in the sample. So that data are saved as they come.
A text-based version can also be usefull.
It is also possible to support defirent encodings e.g. UTF-8.

Detailed Informations can be found under:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535874(v=vs.85).aspx