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Retrieves a file from a possibly remote location, such as a HTTP or FTP data source. If the file is remote and no target is specified, the operation will download it to a temporary location. If the operation fails to retrieve the file, it will cause the Workspace to stop executing.

Default label: "Get file"
Member of plug-in: Built-in
Catalogue path: Web Services

Inputs:
Source	QString	The location of the source file. This could be a URL or a relative / absolute file path.
Description	QString	Description of what the file is. This is used when provenance execution is enabled to store with the source URL in the provenance record and report.
Target	QString	Intended destination location of the file. If no target is specified, the file will be downloaded to a temporary file.
Translate line endings	bool	Translate any line endings in the file to the line endings supported by the platform on which the operation is executing.
Log info	bool	If enabled, the operation will print to the log as it works to retrieve the file.
Log errors	bool	If enabled, the operation will log any errors it encountered when attempting to retrieve the file.
Timeout (msec)	int	Requests longer than this duration will be terminated.
Outputs:
Filename	QString	Path to the downloaded copy of the file. Pass this to other operations (such as FileIO operations) to read the file into Workspace if required.