writing loops to download files using Matlab websave

I want to download files of the form https://www.somecompany.com/xml/A_*.xml

I can download one file using

>> url = 'https://www.somecompany.com/xml/A_20080403.xml';

>> filename = 'A_20080403.xml';

>> outfilename = websave(filename,url)

Is it possible to use a wildcard in the specificaoitn of "url" and "filename" somehow?

Or if I need to write a loop for the filename 20080401 to 20100101, what will it be?

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

alpedhuez - if you want to write a loop to download all files in the range of 20080401 to 20100101, you could do something like

for k = 20080401:20100101
    filename = sprintf('A%d.xml', k);
    url = ['https://www.somecompany.com/xml/' filename];
    outfilename = websave(filename,url);
end 

[alpedhuez]

I do not think this code works for the filename of the form 'A20080403.xml'. But not for 'A_20080403.xml'

[Walter Roberson]

See https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1646135-downloading-files-from-a-website-with-conditions-on-names-of-files#answer_891985