Question

I am trying to read a file from url and making it a File Type.

Below is the code

public File fileFromUrl(String str) throws IOException
      {
          File file = new File ("image.png");
          URL url = new URL (str);
            InputStream input = url.openConnection().getInputStream();
            try {

                OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream (file);
                try {
                    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
                    int bytesRead = 0;
                    while ((bytesRead = input.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)) >= 0) {
                        output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                    }
                } finally {
                    output.close();
                }
            } finally {
                input.close();
            }
          return file;
      }

However I am experiencing error at OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream (file);

Kindly tell me how can I make File of my url

Answer 1

Fine. Instead of File file = new File ("image.png"); use absolute path for the file. Like File file = new File ("<absolute-path-from-root-directory>");