capacitor-plugin-filedownload

capacitor-plugin-filedownload

a file download plugin for capacitor3.0+

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> & PluginListenerHandle

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

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & 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'