capacitor-plugin-filedownload

since v2.0.0 supported Capacitor5

since version 1.0.6 , the uri option was changed to url

Install

npm install capacitor-plugin-filedownload
npx cap sync

eg:

import { FileDownload } from "capacitor-plugin-filedownload";

const download = async () => {
  FileDownload.download({
    url: "http://www.xxxxx.com/file/rvh.apk",
    fileName: "release.apk",
    // headers for http request with POST method
    headers: {},
    // parameter for http request with POST method
    body: {},
    // only works on Android, deprecated since 1.0.6
    downloadTitle: 'downloading',
    // only works on Android, deprecated since 1.0.6
    downloadDescription: 'file is downloading',
  }).then((res) => {
    console.log(res.path);
  }).catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
  })
}


// cancel download
const cancelDownload = async () => {
  await FileDownload.cancel();
}


// get download status
const getDownloadStatus = () => {
  const {isCanceled} = await FileDownload.isCanceled();
  console.log(isCanceled);
}


// event listener for downloadProgress
const onDownloadProgress = async () => {
  const eventListener = await FileDownload.addListener('downloadProgress', data =>{
    console.log(data.progress);
  })

  // remove eventListener
  eventListener.remove();
}

...

if you wish to open the file, you can install this plugin: https://github.com/capacitor-community/file-opener

API

• download(...)
• cancel()
• isCanceled()
• checkPermissions()
• requestPermissions()
• openSetting()
• addListener('downloadProgress', ...)
• Interfaces
• Type Aliases

download(...)

download(options: FileDownloadOptions) => Promise<FileDownloadResponse>

| Param | Type | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | options | FileDownloadOptions |

Returns: Promise<FileDownloadResponse>

cancel()

cancel() => Promise<void>

cancel download

isCanceled()

isCanceled() => Promise<CancelStatus>

get status of download

Returns: Promise<CancelStatus>

checkPermissions()

checkPermissions() => Promise<PermissionStatus>

only for android

Returns: Promise<PermissionStatus>

requestPermissions()

requestPermissions() => Promise<PermissionStatus>

only for android

Returns: Promise<PermissionStatus>

openSetting()

openSetting() => Promise<void>

open app setting, only for android

addListener('downloadProgress', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'downloadProgress', listenerFunc: (progress: FileDownloadProgress) => void) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle>

| Param | Type | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | eventName | 'downloadProgress' | | listenerFunc | (progress: FileDownloadProgress) => void |

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle>

Interfaces

FileDownloadResponse

| Prop | Type | | ---------- | ------------------- | | path | string |

FileDownloadOptions

| Prop | Type | Description | Default | | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | url | string | | | | fileName | string | | | | destination | Destination | Download file destination | ios default: Document android default: External Storage | | headers | Record<string, string> | request headers, when headers has value, url must be a http request with POST method | | | body | Record<string, unknown> | request body, when body has value, url must be a http request width POST method | | | downloadTitle | string | Downloader Title， Only Android | | | downloadDescription | string | Downloader Description， Only Android | |

CancelStatus

| Prop | Type | | ---------------- | -------------------- | | isCanceled | boolean |

PermissionStatus

| Prop | Type | Description | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | storage | PermissionState | prompt: 首次申请，询问。 prompt-with-rationale： 每次都询问。 granted： 已获取权限。 denied：权限已拒绝。 |

PluginListenerHandle

| Prop | Type | | ------------ | ----------------------------------------- | | remove | () => Promise<void> |

FileDownloadProgress

| Prop | Type | | -------------- | ------------------- | | progress | number |

Type Aliases

Destination

download destination , on android default is "DOWNLOAD", on ios default is "DOCUMENT"

"DOCUMENT" | "EXTERNAL" | "EXTERNAL_STORAGE" | "DATA" | "CACHE" | "LIBRARY"

Record

Construct a type with a set of properties K of type T

{ [P in K]: T; }

PermissionState

'prompt' | 'prompt-with-rationale' | 'granted' | 'denied'