Copy a directory over http within a windows batch file - http

Question

I need a command to use in a batch file, which copies the contents of a remote directory to a local directory over http.
For example to copy folder http ://path//folder to C:\folder
I need to do this without installing any additional tools.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

There's no standard way for an http server to list accessible directories.
For example I took http://unomoralez.com/content/files/catalog2/source/ as one of the common ways to list directory with http. Your site could look different though but there's no way for me tho know... (ther's a temp list2.txt file - you can remark its deletion to check the format of directory page and tell me if its not working. IF it is IIS could look like this: http://live.sysinternals.com/tools/)
the script downloads all content into .\download_dir (not recursive download) :
#if (#X)==(#Y) #end /****** jscript comment ******
#echo off
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::: compile the script ::::
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setlocal
if exist simpledownloader.exe goto :skip_compilation
set "frm=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\"
:: searching the latest installed .net framework
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v*"') do (
if exist "%%v\jsc.exe" (
rem :: the javascript.net compiler
set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxv\jsc.exe"
goto :break_loop
)
)
echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
:break_loop
call %jsc% /nologo /out:"simpledownloader.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
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::: end of compilation ::::
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:skip_compilation
:: download the file
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::::just change the link and the file::::
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::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:::
simpledownloader.exe "http://unomoralez.com/content/files/catalog2/source/" "list2.txt"
md download_dir >nul 2>&1
for /f "skip=1 tokens=4 delims=>< " %%a in ('type list2.txt^| find /i "href" ') do (
simpledownloader.exe "http://unomoralez.com/content/files/catalog2/source/%%a" .\download_dir\%%a
)
del /q /f list2.txt
exit /b 0
****** end of jscript comment ******/
import System;
var arguments:String[] = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
var webClient:System.Net.WebClient = new System.Net.WebClient();
print("Downloading " + arguments[1] + " to " + arguments[2]);
try {
webClient.DownloadFile(arguments[1], arguments[2]);
} catch (e) {
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("\n\nProblem with downloading " + arguments[1] + " to " + arguments[2] + "Check if the internet address is valid");
Console.ResetColor();
Environment.Exit(5);
}
As you have powershell you also have .net so this code will be executed without problems for you.
This was more or less a code that I already had but you can also check this -> https://code.google.com/p/curlie/ if you are familiar with cURL and create a hybrid jscript/.bat file.