Download files from the remote server using Pentaho transformation

Question

is there any way to retrieve a file from a web server using FTP protocol without using "Get A FILE WITH FTP" JOB STEP. I can only use TRANSFORMATION in Pentaho. Any ideas.

Answer 1

You can use REST Client to do that in a transformation. I am doing the same thing in some of my transformations. You can GET the file content in the stream using REST Client and use a Text File Output to store the content in a file. File format will be your choice.