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Downloading .zip file from website which contains a .txt file

cdshep95
5 - Atom

Hello,

 

I'm trying to update my workflow to download a .txt file from a website. My current workflow is set up to input the text files after I download and extract them from the zip, but I wanted to see if there's a way to input directly from the website. Below is the link to the .zip download.

 

https://www.data.bsee.gov/Production/Files/ogoradelimit.zip

 

Thanks in Advance!

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SPetrie
12 - Quasar

The closest I can think of is to download the zip and then point a dynamic input to the zip location to pull the file.

I had the download tool save the output to a blob and output the blob file as the zip. Then used the dynamic tool to open the file.

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Im not sure if there is an easier way to convert from the zip to data without the step of saving the zip.

dsandmann
8 - Asteroid

If you're familiar with Python, you could also do similarly and flexibly like in the attached workflow.

cdshep95
5 - Atom

That worked for me, thank you!

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