Resume http file download in java

Question

URL url = new URL("http://download.thinkbroadband.com/20MB.zip");

URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
File fileThatExists = new File(path); 
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(path, true);
connection.setRequestProperty("Range", "bytes=" + fileThatExists.length() + "-");

connection.connect();

int lenghtOfFile = connection.getContentLength();

InputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream());
byte data[] = new byte[1024];

long total = 0;

while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
    total += count;

    output.write(data, 0 , count);
}

in this code I try to resume download. Target file is 20MB. But when I stop download on 10mb, then contunue, I get file with filesize 30MB. It seems that it continue writing to file, but cant partly download from server. Wget -c works great with this file. How can I resume file download?

Answer 1

 HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    if(ISSUE_DOWNLOAD_STATUS.intValue()==ECMConstant.ECM_DOWNLOADING){
        File file=new File(DESTINATION_PATH);
        if(file.exists()){
             downloaded = (int) file.length();
             connection.setRequestProperty("Range", "bytes="+(file.length())+"-");
        }
    }else{
        connection.setRequestProperty("Range", "bytes=" + downloaded + "-");
    }
    connection.setDoInput(true);
    connection.setDoOutput(true);
    progressBar.setMax(connection.getContentLength());
     in = new BufferedInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
     fos=(downloaded==0)? new FileOutputStream(DESTINATION_PATH): new FileOutputStream(DESTINATION_PATH,true);
     bout = new BufferedOutputStream(fos, 1024);
    byte[] data = new byte[1024];
    int x = 0;
    while ((x = in.read(data, 0, 1024)) >= 0) {
        bout.write(data, 0, x);
         downloaded += x;
         progressBar.setProgress(downloaded);
    }

This is not my code, but it works.

Answer 2

I guess the problem you are facing is calling url.openStream() after url.openConnection().

url.openStream() is equivalent to url.openConnection().getInputStream(). Hence, you are requesting the url twice. Particularly the second time, it is not specifying the range property. Therefore download always starts at the beginning.

You should replace url.openStream() with connection.getInputStream().