# Saving a file to local path from an Amazon S3 bucket via URL

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting, ignition80\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-file-to-local-path-from-an-amazon-s3-bucket-via-url/38843 "2020-09-18T18:06:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-file-to-local-path-from-an-amazon-s3-bucket-via-url/38843/2 "2020-09-18T18:50:35Z")

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You need to separately retrieve the content of the file via another HTTP request. Since your post is tagged 8.0.x, you can use `system.net.httpClient()`, which is much more ergonomic. _Generally speaking_, downloads are GET requests - so your hypothetical webdev endpoint would be something like this:

```python
#request should be a GET to http://localhost:8088/data/webdev/${project}/${path}?filepath=${pathToS3}
s3Url = params["filepath"]

if s3Url is not None:
	def downloadFile(response):
		system.file.writeFile("path/to/some/file", response.body)

	request = system.net.httpClient().getAsync(s3Url)
	request.whenComplete(downloadFile)

```

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