you could use this. from the archives
you should be able to call it like this
blitzget ("http://www.whatever.com\this.dat","c:\saves\","saved.dat")
Function BlitzGet (webFile$, saveDir$, saveFile$)
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Strip "http://" if provided
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
If Left (webFile$, 7) = "http://" Then webFile$ = Right (webFile$, Len (webFile$) - 7)
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Split into hostname and path/filename to download
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
slash = Instr (webFile$, "/")
If slash
webHost$ = Left (webFile$, slash - 1)
webFile$ = Right (webFile$, Len (webFile$) - slash + 1)
Else
webHost$ = webFile$
webFile$ = "/"
EndIf
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Add trailing slash to download dir if not given
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
If Right (saveDir$, 1) <> "" Then saveDir$ = saveDir$ + ""
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Save filename -- get from webFile$ if not provided
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
If saveFile$ = ""
If webFile = "/"
saveFile$ = "Unknown file.txt"
Else
For findSlash = Len (webFile$) To 1 Step - 1
testForSlash$ = Mid (webFile$, findSlash, 1)
If testForSlash$ = "/"
saveFile$ = Right (webFile$, Len (webFile$) - findSlash)
Exit
EndIf
Next
If saveFile$ = "" Then saveFile$ = "Unknown file.txt"
EndIf
EndIf
; DEBUG
; RuntimeError "Web host: " + webHost$ + Chr (10) + "Web file: " + webFile$ + Chr (10) + "Save dir: " + saveDir$ + Chr (10) + "Save file: " + saveFile$
www = OpenTCPStream (webHost$, 80)
If www
WriteLine www, "GET " + webFile$ + " HTTP/1.1" ; GET / gets default page...
WriteLine www, "Host: " + webHost$
WriteLine www, "User-Agent: BlitzGet Deluxe"
WriteLine www, "Accept: */*"
WriteLine www, ""
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Find blank line after header data, where the action begins...
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat
header$ = ReadLine (www)
If Left (header$, 16) = "Content-Length: " ; Number of bytes to read
bytesToRead = Right (header$, Len (header$) - 16)
EndIf
Until header$ = "" Or (Eof (www))
If bytesToRead = 0 Then Goto skipDownLoad
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Create new file to write downloaded bytes into
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
save = WriteFile (saveDir$ + saveFile$)
If Not save Then Goto skipDownload
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; Incredibly complex download-to-file routine...
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
For readWebFile = 1 To bytesToRead
If Not Eof (www) Then WriteByte save, ReadByte (www)
; Call BytesReceived with position and size every 100 bytes (slows down a LOT with smaller updates)
tReadWebFile = readWebFile
If tReadWebFile Mod 100 = 0 Then BytesReceived (readWebFile, bytesToRead)
Next
CloseFile save
; Fully downloaded?
If (readWebFile - 1) = bytesToRead
success = 1
EndIf
; Final update (so it's not rounded to nearest 100 bytes!)
BytesReceived (bytesToRead, bytesToRead)
.skipDownload
CloseTCPStream www
Else
; RuntimeError "Failed to connect"
EndIf
Return success
End Function