Download a zip file from a URL

[Gaurav]

I am trying to download a zip file using a simple http Get. This program downloads the file but the downloaded file is corrupted.

package main

import (

"fmt"

"io"

"net/http"

"os"

)

func DownloadFile(url string) error {

resp, err := http.Get(url)

if err != nil {

return err

}

defer resp.Body.Close()

filepath := "test.zip"

_, err = os.Stat(filepath)

if err == nil {

err := os.Remove(filepath)

if err != nil {

return err

}

}

out, err := os.Create(filepath)

if err != nil {

return err

}

defer out.Close()

_, err = io.Copy(out, resp.Body)

if err != nil {

return err

}

return nil

}

func main() {

err := DownloadFile("https://store1.gofile.io/download/78f1898f-2b02-465a-a39c-4cf7e35822a2/test.zip")

if err != nil {

fmt.Println(err)

}

}

What am I missing here? Regards

Gaurav

[Tamás Gulácsi]

You miss the error returned by out.Close(). So, finish DownloadFile with "return out.Close()"

And os.Create will truncate the file, no need to Remove it - though if you want to remove, just "_ = os.Remove(filepath) "- don't check the error.