download file from a url

I am trying to download a file from the following URL

https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata

If I enter this request in Chrome, the file will be downloaded automatically.

I have tried to use websave, which gives the following

options.Timeout = Inf;
websave('xxx.csv','https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata',options)
Error using websave (line 94)
The connection to URL 'https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata' timed out
after 2147.4830000000002 seconds. Set options.Timeout to a higher value.

Can anyone help,please?

[VBBV]

Try this

 % if true
    % code
 % end
options = weboptions('Timeout', Inf);
filename = websave('xxx.csv',['https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata'],options)

[Xuewei Zhu]

options = weboptions('Timeout', Inf);
filename = websave('xxx.csv',['https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata'],options)
Error using websave (line 94)
The connection to URL 'https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata' timed out
after 2147.4830000000002 seconds. Set options.Timeout to a higher value.

The same error message :(

Answer 1

[stozaki]

Hello Xuewei,

Your script seems to have invalid websave arguments.

Please try following script.

websave('xxx.csv','https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata','Timeout',Inf)

or

options.Timeout = Inf;
websave('xxx.csv','https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata','Timeout',options.Timeout)

websave

Regards,

stozaki

[Xuewei Zhu]

I tried this eailer which give me similar errors about time out. From the message, the time out is 5sec as default, I thought this was the wrong way to set time out.

websave('xxx.csv','https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata','Timeout',Inf ) 
Error using websave (line 94)
The connection to URL 'https://sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/YC/B.U2.EUR.4F.G_N_C.SV_C_YM.?startPeriod=2020-08-31&endPeriod=2020-08-31&format=csvdata&Timeout=Inf'
timed out after 5 seconds. Set options.Timeout to a higher value.

[stozaki]

Works from my system. Perhaps you have a firewall active?

[Xuewei Zhu]

indeed!. After setting up the proxy and port under preference -> matlab -> web. I am able to download the files now :)