Download file vba

Until now, I am sure that some of you might wonder if there is a way to automate this routine task and save some time. Below you will find a sample workbook, which takes as input the URLs of the files you want to download.

However, in the sample workbook, I have included some error handling if-clauses to avoid illegal characters and invalid file paths. The VBA code for the primary procedure is given below:. Below is the VBA code of two auxiliary macros for showing the folder picker dialog and cleaning the main sheet to be reused. Note that if you try to download large files or your internet connection is slow, the workbook might take some time to complete the download.

However, in any case, the message box at the end of the procedure will inform you that the downloading has finished. The short video below shows how the sample workbook is used to download two files from Dropbox. Motivated by some emails that I received from various blog readers, I decided to develop another version of the sample workbook. As the above image shows, the updated version allows the user to define a file name for the downloaded file.

However, apart from the file names, the user should also define and the file extensions ; for example, Test. The user then will have to add the extensions manually. The zip file contains both workbook versions the old and the updated ones. The files can be opened with Excel or newer. Please enable macros before using them.

Page last modified: September 28, I founded this site back in intending to provide solutions to various engineering and programming problems. I do have a question though, is this file suitable to download a shared file from SharePoint? If you want to download from SharePoint, you have to be logged-in first.

However, this cannot be done with the VBA code shown here. Hi Christos! Thanks again! No problem : You are correct, it's not good practice to store passwords in your code.

In excel you can encrypt files so that users can't se your code. I have never tried this but try this link: vbaexpress. Seems unnecessary… — Lucas Werkmeister. Can we directly open the oStream in excel using workbook. Thanks for this. Show 1 more comment. Cole Busby Cole Busby 6 6 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. Don't know if that was obvious to other people or not. DRC i know your comment is a year old at this point, but I wrote this almost 3 years prior.

We had imported some other things in our scripts at the time, but im happy you got some help! A modified version of above to make it more dynamic. AndrewK AndrewK 61 3 3 bronze badges. When answering an old question, your answer would be much more useful to other StackOverflow users if you included some context to explain how your answer helps, particularly for a question that already has an accepted answer.

See: How do I write a good answer. A modified version of above solution to make it more dynamic. FolderExists CreateObject "Scripting. Geoff Griswald Geoff Griswald 7 7 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. Close Debug. Why don't you just download it from the internet? Sometimes our VB Applications needs to interact with websites.

Downloading a file through a url is a typical example. Here below is a code which you can use to download a file through a url. I periodically download large zip files from a website, and I would like to automate the process in VBA.

The server also needed to authenticate me since it was data from a survey service. However, it was mostly slow solutions and most were also convoluted.