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BTscott
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Downloading a File via Redirect Link

Greetings,

 

I am trying to construct a test for downloading a file from my employer's site in different browsers (IE, FireFox, Chrome) and I am using the Javascript solution provided here:

 

https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/8999/?st=0

 

However, I receive an error when I provide the download URL as the target URL (strFileURL). It may or may not be important to note that the URL I provide to the Javascript function is a redirect URL: https://[site]/common/redirect.cfm?/tcmain/common/filedownload.cfm+Filename=[FileName].xls&Path=//carrier%20rosters/Medical/&AdminPath=true

 

Here is the error I receive when executing the javascript function:

 

JavaScript runtime error.

Error: 0x80072ee6

Error location:
Line: 20 Column: 11.
 
Line 20 (from download file solution js):

// Download the file
objHTTP.open("GET", SrcFileURL, false);

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

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    BTscott
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    7 years ago
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    This is how my javascript function is set up:

     

    /**
* Check provided column to see if provided value exists within file.
* If value exists, return row index in which first match was found.
* If value is not found for given column, return -1
* 
* @param SrcFileURL     the link for downloading file
* @param DestFilepath   the destination in which to save file
* @param SearchValue    the value to search for within file
*
* @return   TRUE if file exists for destination path (download successful)
*/
function downloadFile(SrcFileURL, DestFilepath) {
  var objHTTP = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
  var objFSO  = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  var retVal;

  Log.Message("Downloading file", SrcFileURL, pmNormal);

  // Download the file
  objHTTP.open() .open("GET", SrcFileURL, false);
  objHTTP.send();

  /* wait for file to finish downloading */
  while((objHTTP.readyState != 4) && (objHTTP.readyState != 'complete')) { 
    Delay(100);
  } /* while: file is still downloading */

  if (200 == objHTTP.Status && objFSO.FileExists(DestFilepath)) {
    Log.Message("Finished downloading file", "File downloaded to: " + DestFilepath, pmNormal);

    retVal  = true;
  } /* if: download was successful */
  else {
    Log.Error("The " + SrcFileURL + " file was not found." + 
    " The returned status is " + objHTTP.Status);
    retVal  = false;
  } /* else: download failed */

  return retVal;
} /* end function: ownloadFile(SrcFileURL, DestFilepath) */
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      BTscott
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      7 years ago
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      I updated the following declarations 

      var objHTTP = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
var objFSO  = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

       

      Now, I get an error on the first declaration stating that ActiveXObject is not defined.

       

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        BTscott
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        7 years ago
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        I updated the following declarations

        var objHTTP = getActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
var objFSO  = getActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

        Now I am back to receiving the '0x80072ee6' error