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  • Committer: starplant at gmail
  • Date: 2008-06-16 07:18:45 UTC
  • Revision ID: starplant@gmail.com-20080616071845-i5o4v9nx1wkfkfh6
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Downloading_a_File
 
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To download a file while the game is running without blocking the connections one has to use HTTPClient and HTTPChannel objects. This will allow the file to be downloaded in the background using the downloadTask task.
 
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self.http = HTTPClient()
 
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self.channel = self.http.makeChannel(True)
 
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self.channel.beginGetDocument(DocumentSpec('http://my.url/'))
 
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self.rf = Ramfile()
 
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self.channel.downloadToRam(self.rf)
 
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taskMgr.add(self.downloadTask, 'download')
 
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def downloadTask(self, task):
 
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if self.channel.run():
 
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# Still waiting for file to finish downloading.
 
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return task.cont
 
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if not self.channel.isDownloadComplete():
 
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print "Error downloading file."
 
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return task.done
 
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data = self.rf.getData()
 
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print "got data:"
 
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print data
 
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return task.done
 
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You can also download to file
 
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channel.downloadToFile(Filename(fileName))
 
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The file channel can be quarried for further information while the game is running to get the current download state.
 
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mbDownloaded = self.channel.getBytesDownloaded()/1024/1024
 
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percentDownloaded = 100.*self.channel.getBytesDownloaded()/channel.getFileSize()
 
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   Downloading_a_File ==================
 
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   To download a file while the game is running without blocking the
 
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   connections one has to use HTTPClient and HTTPChannel objects. This
 
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   will allow the file to be downloaded in the background using the
 
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   downloadTask task.
 
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self.http = HTTPClient()
 
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self.channel = self.http.makeChannel(True)
 
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self.channel.beginGetDocument(DocumentSpec('http://my.url/'))
 
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self.rf = Ramfile()
 
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self.channel.downloadToRam(self.rf)
 
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taskMgr.add(self.downloadTask, 'download')
 
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def downloadTask(self, task):
 
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    if self.channel.run():
 
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        # Still waiting for file to finish downloading.
 
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        return task.cont
 
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    if not self.channel.isDownloadComplete():
 
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        print "Error downloading file."
 
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        return task.done
 
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    data = self.rf.getData()
 
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    print "got data:"
 
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    print data
 
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    return task.done 
 
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   You can also download to file
 
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channel.downloadToFile(Filename(fileName))
 
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   The file channel can be quarried for further information while the
 
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   game is running to get the current download state.
 
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mbDownloaded = self.channel.getBytesDownloaded()/1024/1024
 
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percentDownloaded = 100.*self.channel.getBytesDownloaded()/channel.getFileSize(
 
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)
 
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   To download a file while the game is running without blocking the
 
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   connections one has to use HTTPClient and HTTPChannel objects. This
 
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   will allow the file to be downloaded in the background using the
 
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   downloadTask task.
 
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self.http = HTTPClient()
 
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self.channel = self.http.makeChannel(True)
 
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self.channel.beginGetDocument(DocumentSpec('http://my.url/'))
 
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self.rf = Ramfile()
 
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self.channel.downloadToRam(self.rf)
 
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taskMgr.add(self.downloadTask, 'download')
 
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def downloadTask(self, task):
 
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    if self.channel.run():
 
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        # Still waiting for file to finish downloading.
 
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        return task.cont
 
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    if not self.channel.isDownloadComplete():
 
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        print "Error downloading file."
 
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        return task.done
 
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    data = self.rf.getData()
 
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    print "got data:"
 
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    print data
 
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    return task.done 
 
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   You can also download to file
 
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channel.downloadToFile(Filename(fileName))
 
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   The file channel can be quarried for further information while the
 
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   game is running to get the current download state.
 
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mbDownloaded = self.channel.getBytesDownloaded()/1024/1024
 
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percentDownloaded = 100.*self.channel.getBytesDownloaded()/channel.getFileSize(
 
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)