websave

Save data from RESTful web service to file

Syntax

• result_filename = websave(filename, url)
• result_filename = websave(filename, url, name1, value1, ... , nameN, valueN)
• result_filename = websave(filename, url, name1, value1, ... , nameN, valueN, options)

Input argument

• filename - a string: name of file to save content to.
• url - a string: URL to a web service.
• name1, value1, ... , nameN, valueN - Name-Value Pair Arguments.
• options - a weboptions object.

Output argument

• result_filename - a string: full filename path.

Description

websave() saves content from the web to filename.

websave function returns the full filename path as result_filename.

Example

url ='https://httpbin.org/get';
filename = [tempdir(), 'test.txt'];
destination_filename = websave(filename, url, weboptions('ContentType','json'));
txt = fileread(filename)

See also

weboptions, webread.

History

Author

Allan CORNET