How can i download file from the internet in Qt? - c++

Question

I don't know what the problem is...The compiler (Qt) runs program without errors, but the file is not downloaded...
Can you tell me please tell what is wrong?
I made by example "download", which is located in the qt folder. The only difference is that they have is a console, and I have windows application.
mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include <QtNetwork>
#include <QMainWindow>
namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();
private slots:
void on_pushButton_clicked();
private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
};
class DownloadManager: public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT
QNetworkAccessManager manager;
QList<QNetworkReply *> currentDownloads;
public:
DownloadManager();
void doDownload(const QUrl &url);
QString saveFileName(const QUrl &url);
bool saveToDisk(const QString &filename, QIODevice *data);
public slots:
void execute();
void downloadFinished(QNetworkReply *reply);
};
#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
main.cpp
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QtNetwork>
#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
#include <QStringList>
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QFile>
#include <QFileInfo>
#include <QList>
#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
#include <QNetworkRequest>
#include <QNetworkReply>
#include <QStringList>
#include <QTimer>
#include <QUrl>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
MainWindow w;
#if defined(Q_WS_S60)
w.showMaximized();
#else
w.show();
#endif
return a.exec();
}
DownloadManager::DownloadManager()
{
connect(&manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)),
SLOT(downloadFinished(QNetworkReply*)));
}
void DownloadManager::doDownload(const QUrl &url)
{
QNetworkRequest request(url);
QNetworkReply *reply = manager.get(request);
currentDownloads.append(reply);
}
QString DownloadManager::saveFileName(const QUrl &url)
{
QString path = url.path();
QString basename = QFileInfo(path).fileName();
if (basename.isEmpty())
basename = "download";
if (QFile::exists(basename)) {
// already exists, don't overwrite
int i = 0;
basename += '.';
while (QFile::exists(basename + QString::number(i)))
++i;
basename += QString::number(i);
}
return basename;
}
bool DownloadManager::saveToDisk(const QString &filename, QIODevice *data)
{
QFile file(filename);
if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s for writing: %s\n",
qPrintable(filename),
qPrintable(file.errorString()));
return false;
}
file.write(data->readAll());
file.close();
return true;
}
void DownloadManager::execute()
{
QStringList args = QCoreApplication::instance()->arguments();
args[0]="http://www.google.ru/images/srpr/logo3w.png";
QString arg=args[0];
QUrl url = QUrl::fromEncoded(arg.toLocal8Bit());
doDownload(url);
}
void DownloadManager::downloadFinished(QNetworkReply *reply)
{
QUrl url = reply->url();
if (reply->error()) {
fprintf(stderr, "Download of %s failed: %s\n",
url.toEncoded().constData(),
qPrintable(reply->errorString()));
} else {
QString filename = saveFileName(url);
if (saveToDisk(filename, reply))
printf("Download of %s succeded (saved to %s)\n",
url.toEncoded().constData(), qPrintable(filename));
}
currentDownloads.removeAll(reply);
reply->deleteLater();
if (currentDownloads.isEmpty())
// all downloads finished
QCoreApplication::instance()->quit();
}
mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
DownloadManager manager;
manager.execute();
QTimer::singleShot(0, &manager, SLOT(execute()));
}

Answer 1

The problem is at that point of your code:
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
DownloadManager manager;
manager.execute();
}
QNetworkAccessManager is asynchronous, so it needs an event loop to do any downloading. But when the function on_pushButton_clicked() returns and gives the control back to the event loop, the QNetworkAccessManager is already destroyed, and didn't have the time to do anything.
When you add a QMessageBox in DownloadManager::execute, you are in fact running another event loop withing the slot on_pushButton_clicked(), and it gives the opportunity to the QNetworkAccessManager to do its work.
The correct solution would be to allocate DownloadManager dynamically, and eventually to make it destroy itself when it has finished all downloads.
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
{
DownloadManager *manager = new DownloadManager(this);
manager->execute();
}
void DownloadManager::downloadFinished(QNetworkReply *reply)
{
...
if (currentDownloads.isEmpty())
this->deleteLater();
}