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How to fetch filename from url [Flutter][Dio]


This is My code snippet instead of mypdf.pdf i want to get filename from the url like in android app development,since I'm new in flutter i have no idea can anyone help me

Future<void> downloadPDF() async {
Dio dio = Dio();

try {
  var dir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();

  await dio.download(pdfurl, "${dir.path}/mypdf.pdf",
      onProgress: (rec, total) {

    setState(() {
      downloading = true;
      progressString = ((rec / total) * 100).toStringAsFixed(0) + "%";
    });
  });
} catch (e) {
  print(e);
}

setState(() {
  downloading = false;
  progressString = "Completed";
});
print("Download completed");

}


Solution

  • did you try it ?

    File file = new File("/dir1/dir2/file.ext");
    String basename = basename(file.path);
    # file.ext
    

    for more details https://flutter.dev/docs/cookbook/persistence/reading-writing-files