Are you both getting this warning in the Terminal/console?
“WARNING: invalid baseDirectory supplied, defaulting to system.DocumentsDirectory”
I’m getting the same results… that you can’t specify the subfolder in the “network.download” API. Can one of you please submit a bug report test + sample code? That will ensure it gets investigated sooner than later.
Thanks,
Brent
I am getting “Cannot create path for resource file <myfilename>. File does not exist.”
Brent if you wouldn’t mind checking this code for any obvious errors, I’ll submit it to the bug report section:
[lua]
local lfs = require “lfs”
– get raw path to app’s Temporary directory
local temp_path = system.pathForFile( “”, system.DocumentsDirectory )
– change current working directory
local success = lfs.chdir( temp_path ) – returns true on success
local new_folder_path
lfs.mkdir( “MyFolder” )
local function networkListener( event )
if ( event.isError ) then
print( “Network error - download failed” )
elseif ( event.phase == “began” ) then
print( “Progress Phase: began” )
elseif ( event.phase == “ended” ) then
print( “displaying response image file” )
myImage = display.newImage( event.response.filename, event.response.baseDirectory, 60, 40 )
myImage.alpha = 0
transition.to( myImage, { alpha = 1.0 } )
end
end
local params = {}
params.progress = true
local base = system.DocumentsDirectory
local path = system.pathForFile( “MyFolder/helloCopy.png”, base )
network.download(
“http://developer.anscamobile.com/demo/hello.png”,
“GET”,
networkListener,
params,
“helloCopy.png”,
–path
system.DocumentsDirectory
)
[/lua]
I uncomment the “–path” part and comment out the “system.DocumentsDirectory” and thats when it crashes the simulator right after saying "Cannot create path for resource file ‘helloCopy.png’ b/c it does not exist.
Hi @mroberti,
I think I got it to work, actually, by prefixing the “fileName” parameter with the folder, as follows:
[lua]
local fileName = “myFile.txt”
network.download( “http://www.myWebsite.com//myFile.txt”, “GET”, downloadListener, params, “myFolder/”…fileName, system.DocumentsDirectory )
[/lua]
Can you test that out? Of course, it fails if you don’t have the folder already created using LFS…
Brent
Hi!
I think I’ve spelled wrong…
My code runs right now.
The network.download command is:
network.download( ruta\_catalogos..dname.."/"..arquivo, "GET", arqDescargado, "/"..id.."/"..arquivo, system.DocumentsDirectory )
In the way Brent says.
It runs fine for me (no errors, no warnings in the console)
Ahem…hello? Anyone? 
How bout this. Using Corona’s own example from network.download: http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/network/download.html
How would I save that image into a custom directory?
Hello mroberti and Rob Miracle!
I use this code in Corona 2012.929 to download files directly to a subfolder, and everything runs fine:
local function baixaArquivos() local arqABaixar local docs\_path = system.pathForFile( "", system.DocumentsDirectory ) -- change current working directory local success = lfs.chdir( docs\_path ) local new\_folder\_path local dname = id if success then lfs.mkdir( dname ) new\_folder\_path = lfs.currentdir() .. "/" .. dname .. "/" end local resposta = loadValue("arquivos.data") local array\_arquivos = json.decode(resposta) local num\_arquivos = tonumber(table.maxn(array\_arquivos)) MbBaixados = 0 local function arqDescargado(event) local evento = event if ( evento.isError ) then local alert = native.showAlert( "Aviso", "Hay algún problema con la conexión a internet.\nNo se puede completar la operación.", { "Aceptar" },abortarDescarga) else if num\_arquivos \> 0 then if not descarga\_cancelada then local files\_path = system.pathForFile( id.."/"..array\_arquivos[num\_arquivos+1], system.DocumentsDirectory ) local tamano = lfs.attributes( files\_path, "size" ) MbBaixados = MbBaixados + tamano arqABaixar(array\_arquivos[num\_arquivos]) num\_arquivos = num\_arquivos - 1 else abortarDescarga() end elseif num\_arquivos == 0 then catalogoDescargado(catalogo\_a\_baixar) end end end function arqABaixar(arq) local arquivo = arq local destino = system.pathForFile("",system.DocumentsDirectory) network.download( ruta\_catalogos..dname.."/"..arquivo, "GET", arqDescargado, "/"..id.."/"..arquivo, destino ) end if num\_arquivos \> 0 then arqABaixar(array\_arquivos[num\_arquivos]) num\_arquivos = num\_arquivos - 1 end end
But today I download CoronaSDK-2013.1094 and get this error: Cannot create path for resource file ‘/3/0211605.jpg’. File does not exist.
It seems something has changed in any statment… but what?
Ok.
If I change this line:
network.download( ruta_catalogos…dname…"/"…arquivo, “GET”, arqDescargado, “/”…id…"/"…arquivo, destino )
at arqABaixar function, by:
network.download( ruta_catalogos…dname…"/"…arquivo, “GET”, arqDescargado, “/”…id…"/"…arquivo, system.DocumentsDirectory )
it runs.
I don’t know the reason…
Success!!!
[lua]
– Our folder name that we’d like to create
local folderName = “MyFolder”
local fileName = “thefile.png” – We only put png because below we’re donwloading a graphic from the web
local lfs = require “lfs”
– get raw path to app’s Documents directory, Temporary directory, wherever…
local temp_path = system.pathForFile( “”, system.DocumentsDirectory )
– change current working directory
local success = lfs.chdir( temp_path ) – returns true on success
– Create a folder named MyFolder
lfs.mkdir( folderName )
local function networkListener( event )
if ( event.isError ) then
print( “Network error - download failed” )
elseif ( event.phase == “began” ) then
print( “Progress Phase: began” )
elseif ( event.phase == “ended” ) then
print( “displaying response image file” )
myImage = display.newImage( event.response.filename, event.response.baseDirectory, 60, 40 )
myImage.alpha = 0
transition.to( myImage, { alpha = 1.0 } )
end
end
local params = {}
params.progress = true
– Above we created the directory in system.DocumentsDirectory, so we have
– to set that as the base here too.
local base = system.DocumentsDirectory
network.download( “http://developer.anscamobile.com/demo/hello.png”, “GET”, networkListener, params, folderName…"/"…fileName, base )
[/lua]
Thanks Rob and Brent and Alberto for helping us all work through it and figure it out!! 
-Mario
Okay…
Am I doomed? Anyone? Should I file a bug report at this point?
Oops. Double posted!
Are you both getting this warning in the Terminal/console?
“WARNING: invalid baseDirectory supplied, defaulting to system.DocumentsDirectory”
I’m getting the same results… that you can’t specify the subfolder in the “network.download” API. Can one of you please submit a bug report test + sample code? That will ensure it gets investigated sooner than later.
Thanks,
Brent
I am getting “Cannot create path for resource file <myfilename>. File does not exist.”
Brent if you wouldn’t mind checking this code for any obvious errors, I’ll submit it to the bug report section:
[lua]
local lfs = require “lfs”
– get raw path to app’s Temporary directory
local temp_path = system.pathForFile( “”, system.DocumentsDirectory )
– change current working directory
local success = lfs.chdir( temp_path ) – returns true on success
local new_folder_path
lfs.mkdir( “MyFolder” )
local function networkListener( event )
if ( event.isError ) then
print( “Network error - download failed” )
elseif ( event.phase == “began” ) then
print( “Progress Phase: began” )
elseif ( event.phase == “ended” ) then
print( “displaying response image file” )
myImage = display.newImage( event.response.filename, event.response.baseDirectory, 60, 40 )
myImage.alpha = 0
transition.to( myImage, { alpha = 1.0 } )
end
end
local params = {}
params.progress = true
local base = system.DocumentsDirectory
local path = system.pathForFile( “MyFolder/helloCopy.png”, base )
network.download(
“http://developer.anscamobile.com/demo/hello.png”,
“GET”,
networkListener,
params,
“helloCopy.png”,
–path
system.DocumentsDirectory
)
[/lua]
I uncomment the “–path” part and comment out the “system.DocumentsDirectory” and thats when it crashes the simulator right after saying "Cannot create path for resource file ‘helloCopy.png’ b/c it does not exist.
Hi @mroberti,
I think I got it to work, actually, by prefixing the “fileName” parameter with the folder, as follows:
[lua]
local fileName = “myFile.txt”
network.download( “http://www.myWebsite.com//myFile.txt”, “GET”, downloadListener, params, “myFolder/”…fileName, system.DocumentsDirectory )
[/lua]
Can you test that out? Of course, it fails if you don’t have the folder already created using LFS…
Brent
Hi!
I think I’ve spelled wrong…
My code runs right now.
The network.download command is:
network.download( ruta\_catalogos..dname.."/"..arquivo, "GET", arqDescargado, "/"..id.."/"..arquivo, system.DocumentsDirectory )
In the way Brent says.
It runs fine for me (no errors, no warnings in the console)
Success!!!
[lua]
– Our folder name that we’d like to create
local folderName = “MyFolder”
local fileName = “thefile.png” – We only put png because below we’re donwloading a graphic from the web
local lfs = require “lfs”
– get raw path to app’s Documents directory, Temporary directory, wherever…
local temp_path = system.pathForFile( “”, system.DocumentsDirectory )
– change current working directory
local success = lfs.chdir( temp_path ) – returns true on success
– Create a folder named MyFolder
lfs.mkdir( folderName )
local function networkListener( event )
if ( event.isError ) then
print( “Network error - download failed” )
elseif ( event.phase == “began” ) then
print( “Progress Phase: began” )
elseif ( event.phase == “ended” ) then
print( “displaying response image file” )
myImage = display.newImage( event.response.filename, event.response.baseDirectory, 60, 40 )
myImage.alpha = 0
transition.to( myImage, { alpha = 1.0 } )
end
end
local params = {}
params.progress = true
– Above we created the directory in system.DocumentsDirectory, so we have
– to set that as the base here too.
local base = system.DocumentsDirectory
network.download( “http://developer.anscamobile.com/demo/hello.png”, “GET”, networkListener, params, folderName…"/"…fileName, base )
[/lua]
Thanks Rob and Brent and Alberto for helping us all work through it and figure it out!!
-Mario