UE4 GetContentDownloadUrl issue,UE4, GetContentDownloadUrl and subsequent HTTP GET

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4nton1ind asked Oct 5, '16

UE4 GetContentDownloadUrl issue,UE4, GetContentDownloadUrl and subsequent HTTP GET

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"GetContentDownloadUrl", "A subsequent HTTP GET to the returned URL will attempt to download the content."

Where I downloaded the UE plugin it says that it includes models, methods and an HTTP wrapper for sending and receiving web requests.
I can not find any exposed method in blueprint to send an HTTP request to get the file. Is this something that exsists?

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Hi!

"GetContentDownloadUrl", "A subsequent HTTP GET to the returned URL will attempt to download the content."

Where I downloaded the UE plugin it says that it includes models, methods and an HTTP wrapper for sending and receiving web requests.
I can not find any exposed method in blueprint to send an HTTP request to get the file. Is this something that exsists?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-06T00:02:43Z

brendan answered Oct 6, '16

Unfortunately, once you move outside the core online subsystem integration, that engine does require a bit of extra work. You'd need to either have a plugin that allows you to retrieve the file from the URL, or use a mixed-mode project (Blueprints with C++), so that you have more options. There are a number of good plugins available via the Unreal community, but I'm not aware of one which can download an arbitrary file from S3. But that said, the forums are all about community, so if anyone else is aware of a Blueprints plugin that does this out-of-the-box, please feel free to post it here.

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4nton1ind commented · Oct 07, 2016 at 09:38 AM

I see! I'll look into using the "LE Http Request" or "VaRest" plugins. Since I mainly need images though I think the bp node "DownloadImage" will work, it takes a URL.

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