'overwrite: 1 = no overwrite, 2 = overwrite 'type of data: 1 - binary data, 2 - default, text data Set oStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") Set WinHttpReq = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") If IsMissing(attempts) Or attempts 0 Then Sub DownloadFile(url As String, filePath As String, _ The procedure accepts equally text and binary content and can make multiple attempts to download the file/content if something goes wrong in the process. Below a simple procedure to download almost any file/content provided by the url and to save it as a filePath. VBA download files (binary files, text, HTML etc.) In case browser simulation is needed read on my Simple class for using IE automation in VBA. If you are more into the subject of Web Scraping I encourage you to take a look at the Excel Scrape HTML Add-In which let’s you easily download HTML content from most Web Pages without resorting to VBA. Downloading files can be a useful way to save data extracted from the web and to build your own data repository, or simply to make a backup of any data downloaded from the Web.Įxcel can be a great tool to harness the data of the Internet. Excel VBA again proves to be a versatile tool for Analytics – in this case for extracting and storing data.
Today’s post will touch on something most analysts and VBA developers might find useful: downloading files using vba from the Web.
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