Syncovery and file downloading via http/https.

[ForestQ]

Is it possible to use Syncovery to create backups of updated files available via http/https?

[tobias]

Hello,
yes, you can download from https-URLs that point to a simple web server rather than a cloud storage API.

To do so, you can choose the HTTP protocol on the Internet Protocol Settings dialog.

The URL that you put into the profile should point to the folder where the files are stored.

For example, if you want to download
https://www.syncovery.com/release/Syncovery64Setup.exe

Then you specify https://www.syncovery.com/release as the profile's base path.

The file name(s) are entered into the Inclusion Masks field.
So, under Masks & Filters, put:
Syncovery64Setup.exe

You can add multiple file names on separate lines, for example, you can also add
SyncoverySetup.exe

Let me know if this is what you need. If the filenames are not always constant, it could become more difficult. Syncovery can parse HTML pages to some extent and extract file names from them. Or they could be calculated by a PascalScript when the profile starts (for example, if the filenames contain a date).

[ForestQ]

Thank you! It worked! It wasn't entirely obvious how to do it; I probably spent an hour trying to figure it out. Then I gave up and created a topic. Maybe we should add it to the FAQ?

[tobias]

Hello,
yes, I have put it on my to do list to write an article about it.