Download a file with no extension from a server

Question

I'm try to download a mp3 file from following URL. I found lot of articles and examples regarding file download. Those examples are based on URLs that end with a file extension, e.g.:- yourdomain.com/filename.mp3 but I want to download a file from following url which typically does not end with file extension.

youtubeinmp3.com/download/get/?i=1gsE32jF0aVaY0smDVf%2BmwnIZPrMDnGmchHBu0Hovd3Hl4NYqjNdym4RqjDSAis7p1n5O%2BeXmdwFxK9ugErLWQ%3D%3D

**Please note that I use the above url as-is without using Stackoverflow url formatting method to easily understand the question.

** I have tried the @Arsal Imam's solution as follows still not working

   btnShowProgress.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // starting new Async Task
            File cacheDir=new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"Folder Name");
            if(!cacheDir.exists())
                cacheDir.mkdirs();

            File f=new File(cacheDir,"ddedddddd.mp3");
            saveDir=f.getPath();

            new DownloadFileFromURL().execute(fileURL);
        }
    });

and the async task code is as follows

class DownloadFileFromURL extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        super.onPreExecute();
        showDialog(progress_bar_type);
    }

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... f_url) {
        try{

            URL url = new URL(fileURL);
            HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            int responseCode = httpConn.getResponseCode();

            // always check HTTP response code first
            if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                String fileName = "";
                String disposition = httpConn.getHeaderField("Content-Disposition");
                String contentType = httpConn.getContentType();
                int contentLength = httpConn.getContentLength();

                if (disposition != null) {
                    // extracts file name from header field
                    int index = disposition.indexOf("filename=");
                    if (index > 0) {
                        fileName = disposition.substring(index + 10,
                                disposition.length() - 1);
                    }
                } else {
                    // extracts file name from URL
                    fileName = fileURL.substring(fileURL.lastIndexOf("/") + 1,
                            fileURL.length());
                }

                System.out.println("Content-Type = " + contentType);
                System.out.println("Content-Disposition = " + disposition);
                System.out.println("Content-Length = " + contentLength);
                System.out.println("fileName = " + fileName);

                // opens input stream from the HTTP connection
                InputStream inputStream = httpConn.getInputStream();
                String saveFilePath = saveDir + File.separator + fileName;

                // opens an output stream to save into file
                FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(saveDir);

                int bytesRead = -1;
                byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
                while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                    outputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                }

                outputStream.close();
                inputStream.close();

                System.out.println("File downloaded");
            } else {
                System.out.println("No file to download. Server replied HTTP code: " + responseCode);
            }
            httpConn.disconnect();

        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    protected void onProgressUpdate(String... progress) {
        pDialog.setProgress(Integer.parseInt(progress[0]));
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
        dismissDialog(progress_bar_type);

    }
}

Answer 1

Although Volley library is not recommended for large download or streaming operations, however, I'd like to share my following working sample code.

Let's assume we download only MP3 files so I hard-code the extension. And of course, we should check more carefully to avoid exceptions (NullPointer...) such as checking whether headers contain "Content-Disposition" key or not...

Hope this helps!

Volley Custom class:

public class BaseVolleyRequest extends Request<NetworkResponse> {

    private final Response.Listener<NetworkResponse> mListener;
    private final Response.ErrorListener mErrorListener;

    public BaseVolleyRequest(String url, Response.Listener<NetworkResponse> listener, Response.ErrorListener errorListener) {
        super(0, url, errorListener);
        this.mListener = listener;
        this.mErrorListener = errorListener;
    }

    @Override
    protected Response<NetworkResponse> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
        try {
            return Response.success(
                    response,
                    HttpHeaderParser.parseCacheHeaders(response));
        } catch (JsonSyntaxException e) {
            return Response.error(new ParseError(e));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return Response.error(new ParseError(e));
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void deliverResponse(NetworkResponse response) {
        mListener.onResponse(response);
    }

    @Override
    protected VolleyError parseNetworkError(VolleyError volleyError) {
        return super.parseNetworkError(volleyError);
    }

    @Override
    public void deliverError(VolleyError error) {
        mErrorListener.onErrorResponse(error);
    }
}

Then in your Activity:

public class BinaryVolleyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private final Context mContext = this;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_binary_volley);
        RequestQueue requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(mContext);
        String url = "http://www.youtubeinmp3.com/download/get/?i=3sI2yV5mJ0kQ8CnddqmANZqK8a%2BgVQJ%2Fmg3xwhHTUsJKuusOCZUzebuWW%2BJSFs0oz8VTs6ES3gjohKQMogixlQ%3D%3D";
        BaseVolleyRequest volleyRequest = new BaseVolleyRequest(url, new Response.Listener<NetworkResponse>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(NetworkResponse response) {                    
                Map<String, String> headers = response.headers;
                String contentDisposition = headers.get("Content-Disposition");
                // String contentType = headers.get("Content-Type");
                String[] temp = contentDisposition.split("filename=");
                String fileName = temp[1].replace("\"", "") + ".mp3";
                InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(response.data);
                createLocalFile(inputStream, fileName);
            }
        }, new Response.ErrorListener() {
            @Override
            public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                Log.e("Volley", error.toString());
            }
        });

        volleyRequest.setRetryPolicy(new DefaultRetryPolicy(DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS * 10, DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DefaultRetryPolicy.DEFAULT_BACKOFF_MULT));

        requestQueue.add(volleyRequest);
    }

    private String createLocalFile(InputStream inputStream, String fileName) {
        try {
            String folderName = "MP3VOLLEY";
            String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
            File folder = new File(extStorageDirectory, folderName);
            folder.mkdir();
            File file = new File(folder, fileName);
            file.createNewFile();
            FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(file);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            int length;
            while ((length = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                f.write(buffer, 0, length);
            }
            //f.flush();
            f.close();
            return file.getPath();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return e.getMessage();
        }
    }
}

Here the result screenshot:

NOTE:

As I commented below, because the direct download Url changes regularly, you should check the new url with some tools such as Postman for Chrome, if it responses binary instead of a web page (expired url), then the Url is valid and my code works for that Url.

Refer to the two following screenshots:

Expired url:

Un-expired url:

UPDATE BASIC LOGIC FOR GETTING DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINK FROM THAT SITE'S DOCUMENTATION:

According to Create Your Own YouTube To MP3 Downloader For Free

You can take a look at

JSON Example

You can also receive the data in JSON by setting the "format" parameter to "JSON". http://YouTubeInMP3.com/fetch/?format=JSON&video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i62Zjga8JOM

Firstly, you create a JsonObjectRequest getting response from the above file link. Then, inside onResponse of this JsonObjectRequest you will get the direct download link, like this directUrl = response.getString("link"); and use BaseVolleyRequest volleyRequest

I have just told the logic for getting direct url, IMO, you should implement it yourself. Goodluck!

Answer 2

Use below code it works fine for encrypted URLs

public class HttpDownloadUtility {
    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;

    /**
     * Downloads a file from a URL
     * @param fileURL HTTP URL of the file to be downloaded
     * @param saveDir path of the directory to save the file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void downloadFile(String fileURL, String saveDir)
            throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(fileURL);
        HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        int responseCode = httpConn.getResponseCode();

        // always check HTTP response code first
        if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
            String fileName = "";
            String disposition = httpConn.getHeaderField("Content-Disposition");
            String contentType = httpConn.getContentType();
            int contentLength = httpConn.getContentLength();

            if (disposition != null) {
                // extracts file name from header field
                int index = disposition.indexOf("filename=");
                if (index > 0) {
                    fileName = disposition.substring(index + 10,
                            disposition.length() - 1);
                }
            } else {
                // extracts file name from URL
                fileName = fileURL.substring(fileURL.lastIndexOf("/") + 1,
                        fileURL.length());
            }

            System.out.println("Content-Type = " + contentType);
            System.out.println("Content-Disposition = " + disposition);
            System.out.println("Content-Length = " + contentLength);
            System.out.println("fileName = " + fileName);

            // opens input stream from the HTTP connection
            InputStream inputStream = httpConn.getInputStream();
            String saveFilePath = saveDir + File.separator + fileName;

            // opens an output stream to save into file
            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(saveFilePath);

            int bytesRead = -1;
            byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            while ((bytesRead = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                outputStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
            }

            outputStream.close();
            inputStream.close();

            System.out.println("File downloaded");
        } else {
            System.out.println("No file to download. Server replied HTTP code: " + responseCode);
        }
        httpConn.disconnect();
    }
}