DownloaderManager plugin for Cordova

The plugin can start and stop a file download from the web (HTTP).

Adding the plugin to your project

Add the git repository to your project: cordova-plugin-downloadmanager=https://github.com/pierrejochem/cordova-plugin-downloadmanager.git

Using the plugin

The plugin creates the method downloadmanager(action, options, win, fail)

action may be:

• start to beging to download a file
• cancel to stop one
• isdownloading to know the status of another

options is a json object containing the parameters (some optional) that DownloadManager accepts, it can be:

• id: an ID from a download process (required for "cancel" and "isdownloadind" action)
• url: the url to get (http://wherever.com/whatever.txt) (required for "start" action)
• filePath: path where to save the file (FileSystem/Download/YOUR_PATH) (optional, by default the app name)
• fileName: filename for the resource (FileSystem/Download/YOUR_PATH/YOUR_FILENAME.yy) (optional, by default the url name)
• overwrite: If the file already exists, download it again. (required for "start" action)
• useNotificationBar: trueto use the Android notification bar to show the progress (optional, by defautl true)
• startToast: Message on toast at the beginning of the download process (optional)
• endToast: Message on toast at the end of the download process (optional)
• ticker: Message to show on notification area where the download start (optional)
• notificationTitle: Message to show on the notification bar while during download (optional)
• cancelToast:: Message on toast where the donwload is canceled (stoped) (optional)

win and fail are callback functions. win will be called when there is a progress in the download. The passed object is:

{
	id: "45345"			// id to handle the process
	downloading: true 	// true or false 
	total: 1000,      	// The total number of bytes to download.
	file: "file.ext"  	// Name of the file
	dir: "youappname"	// Path where to download
    progress: 46,     	// In percent
}

Using the plugin

• Basic: (start a download on a notification bar)

downloadmanager(
	"start",
	{
		url: url2down,
    	overwrite: true
	},
	function(info) {
    	console.info(info.progress);
        // Example to stop a download on 30%:
        if (info.progress === 30)
    		downloadmanager("cancel", {id: info.id}, function() {}, function() {});
	},
	function(error) {
    	console.error(error);
	}
);

• Check if a donwload is in progress:

downloadmanager("cancel", {id: "example_id"}, function(res) {
	alert(res); // true or false
}, function() {});

• More:

downloadmanager(
	"start",
   	{
   		url: "http://wherever.com/lalalala/.txt",
	 	filePath: "from_myapp",
	 	fileName: "hello.txt", // (FileSystem)/Download/from_myappp/hello.txt
	 	overwrite: false,
	 	useNotificationBar: true,
	 	startToast: "Starting download...",
	 	endToast: "Download end!",
	 	ticker: "Downloading...",
	 	notificationTitle: "hello.txt",
	 	cancelToast: "Download canceled!"
   	},
  	function(info) {
		console.info("id:          "+info.id+"\n" +
	              	 "downloading: "+info.downloading+"\n" +
	              	 "total:       "+info.total+"\n" +
	              	 "file:        "+info.file+"\n" +
	              	 "dir:         "+info.dir+"\n" +
	              	 "progress:    "+info.progress+"\n"
		      		);
     	// progress bar example:
		$('#progress_bar').css('width', info.progress)
   	},
  	function(error) {
		alert(error);
  	}
);

Based on

https://github.com/aabilio/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/Android/DownloadManager

Licence

GPL v3

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.de.html