Download a file and save to disk

• Use download_file() with an asset UUID for the latest version of a document.

• Use download_file_version() with a document version UUID for a specific version of a document.

Usage

download_file(
  document_uuid,
  folder,
  file_name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  use_proxy = FALSE
)

download_file_version(
  document_uuid,
  folder,
  file_name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  use_proxy = FALSE
)

Arguments

document_uuid

UUID of asset or document version

folder

Folder to save downloaded file to

file_name

Optional name to give downloaded file. If not provided, file will have same name as Objective Connect asset.

overwrite

Logical to indicate whether file should be overwritten if already exists. Defaults to FALSE.

use_proxy

Logical to indicate whether to use proxy.

Value

Path to downloaded file (invisibly).

Details

More details on the endpoints used by these functions are available in the API documentation:

• download_file

• download_file_version

See also

Other Read/write functions: read_data(), upload_file(), write_data()