Getting file from URL - error

Question

Thanks to this question( link ), I know how to download a file from the internet. However, instead of a normal Text in a txt-file i get a html response. Does anyone know what I'am doing wrong?

Here is my code:

                    // Install Authenticator
                MyAuthenticator.setPasswordAuthentication("Username", "Password");
                Authenticator.setDefault (new MyAuthenticator(Main.getPropertyPath()));

                URL website = new URL("http://.../5-Anhang.txt?revision=1260");
                ReadableByteChannel rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("information.txt");
                fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);

EDITED

Response:

<html>
<body onLoad='document.forms["login"].submit();'>
<form id='login' method='POST' action='/polarion/j_security_check'>
<input type='hidden' name='j_username' value='null'/>
<input type='hidden' name='j_password' value='null'/>
<noscript>
<input type='submit' value="Login"/>
</noscript>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Can you try in this way? URL url = new URL("http://yourserver.com:80/filename"); // read text BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream())); String line; while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line);// Add this line into file output stream } in.close(); — Ravindra babu, Aug 17 '15 at 10:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Since comment is not readable, posting the answer.

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{

      URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/js/txt1.txt");
        // read text
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
    String line;
        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(line);
    }
    in.close();
    }
}

Below code worked for to read a text file which is in below format

Novak Djokovic
Andy Murray
Roger Federer
Nishokiri

Output

Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray

Roger Federer

Nishokiri

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Aug 17 '15 at 10:20

Ravindra babu

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with this code i get the same output as with mine :/ – prosk Aug 17 '15 at 10:56
I added revision=1260 to txt1.txt in URL as per modified answer and able to get the content. Can you provide me your output ? – Ravindra babu Aug 17 '15 at 11:21
I have added it to my question, sadly i cannot mark you answer as useful, because of my reputation :( – prosk Aug 17 '15 at 11:37
What is actual content of 5-Anhang.txt? Is it same as of you printed in output? – Ravindra babu Aug 17 '15 at 11:40
Are you getting "Hello" if you remove "?revision=1260" from the URL? – Ravindra babu Aug 17 '15 at 12:06
no i get the exact same response the with "revision=1260" – prosk Aug 17 '15 at 12:32
I doubt that two copies are present for 5-Anhang.txt file in two different location and other file is picked up from the program. Can you check? – Ravindra babu Aug 17 '15 at 12:45
your are right! Thank you very much. Also "?revision=1260" isn't needed. Can you post a new answer that i can accept? – prosk Aug 17 '15 at 13:07
Removed revision in answer – Ravindra babu Aug 17 '15 at 13:13

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '15 at 10:10

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It looks like it might me searching for the class "revision=1260" on the webpage and returning that

answered Aug 17 '15 at 10:10

DieVeenman

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This should be a comment, not an answer. – Kayaman Aug 17 '15 at 10:10
That's true however I can't place comments yet, see my rep score :). So I'm just trying to help him out – DieVeenman Aug 17 '15 at 10:11
Well your reputation won't rise if you post comments as answers and they're downvoted... – Kayaman Aug 17 '15 at 10:12
but when i enter the url in my browser the file download window pops up and i can download or open the file – prosk Aug 17 '15 at 10:13
@prosk what does your browser do when you enter the URL without the "?revision=1260" ? – DieVeenman Aug 17 '15 at 10:18
i can Download a txt-file, but the content looks weird like ÿØÿá Exif II* – prosk Aug 17 '15 at 10:21

Getting file from URL - error

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