NOTE: Using Utility Connectors counts toward your overall Connector and Task Usage.
Purpose #
The Generic File Downloader Connector can be used download text files and then work with their content within your integrations.
It can be used to retrieve Comma Separated Values (CSV) or Tab Separated Values (TSV) formatted text files, such as those that can be exported from a spreadsheet application or a database.
The Connector can also work with CSV or TSV files that are compressed as either Zip or gzip files.
The files would typically be hosted on a web server or other accessible location, where making an HTTP “GET” Request would retrieve the file without any separate authentication being required.
This is different to FTP or SFTP; to access files on one of those locations, you would use the FTP or SFTP Private Key Connector.
Some web servers may require an API key or other value to be provided to secure their files if they’re not publicly accessible. As long as that value is simply a part of the URL used to retrieve the file, this Connector can be used to download them.
Methods #
Depending on the type of file content, and whether it’s compressed as a .zip or .gzip file, select the appropriate Method.
The 3 Method Categories in this Connector all have Custom Object Customization enabled on them, allowing you to Copy them and then setup the Methods within the copies for different file structures.
This allows you to install the Generic File Downloader Connector once, and then duplicate the Method Categories then setup the Methods to work with multiple file structures.
- Comma Separated Values Files
- Download CSV – Downloads a Comma Separated Values file.
- Download Zipped CSV – Downloads a compressed (either Zip or gzip) Comma Separated Values file.
- Tab Separated Values Files
- Download TSV – Downloads a Tab Separated Values file.
- Download Zipped TSV – Downloads a compressed (either Zip or gzip) Tab Separated Values file.
- General Files
- Download File – Used to download file types not handled by the other methods.
