Re: downloading a file via HTTP w/ XPCOM and JS

You probabily didn't use nsIURL to wrapp the url. In mozblog there is a 
example of how to use it. Check [1] function preFetchWebsite() and 
httpListener.

Regards

[1] 
http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/mozblog/content/discuss/editorExtension.js?rev=1.3&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

Adam Fletcher wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm looking for an example of how to download a file using Javascript, 
> XPCOM and HTTP. I'd like to do this entirely with XPCOM.
> 
> My best start, which doesn't work:
> 
> var ioService = getService('@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1',
>                             'nsIIOService');
> var chann = ioService.newChannelFromURI(someURL).QueryInterface( 
>                             Components.interfaces.nsIHttpChannel);
> 
> // someFileListerner has onStopRequest, onStartRequest, etc..
> chann.asyncOpen(someFileListener, null);
> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Adam Fletcher
> 


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