labkey.webdav.get: Download a file via WebDAV

In Rlabkey: Data Exchange Between R and 'LabKey' Server

Download a file via WebDAV

Description

This will download a file from a LabKey Server using WebDAV.

Usage

labkey.webdav.get(
    baseUrl=NULL,
    folderPath,
    remoteFilePath,
    localFilePath,
    overwrite=TRUE,
    fileSet='@files'
    )

Arguments

baseUrl	a string specifying the baseUrl for the labkey server
folderPath	a string specifying the folderPath
remoteFilePath	the path of this file on the remote server, relative to the folder root.
localFilePath	the local filepath where this file will be saved
overwrite	(optional) if true, any pre-existing file at this location will be overwritten. Defaults to TRUE
fileSet	(optional) the name of file server fileSet, which is typically "@files" (the default value for this argument). In some cases this might be "@pipeline" or "@fileset".

Details

Download a single file from a LabKey Server to the local machine using WebDAV.

Value

TRUE or FALSE, depending on if this file was downloaded and exists locally. Will return FALSE if the already file exists and overwrite=F.

Author(s)

Ben Bimber, Ph.D.

See Also

labkey.webdav.put, labkey.webdav.mkDir, labkey.webdav.mkDirs, labkey.webdav.pathExists, labkey.webdav.listDir, labkey.webdav.delete, labkey.webdav.downloadFolder

Examples

## Not run: 
## download a single file from a LabKey Server
library(Rlabkey)

labkey.webdav.get(
    baseUrl="http://labkey/",
    folderPath="home",
    remoteFilePath="folder/myFile.txt",
    localFilePath="myDownloadedFile.txt",
    overwrite=TRUE
)


## End(Not run)

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