Saving images

Question

Is there a way to save an image to a file on the hard drive?  You can get a picture "object" by pic = Flickr.GetRandomPicture("lightning" ), but there doesn't seem to be a way to save it.  I have tried the File.WriteContents("c:\whatever\file.jpg",pic) approach, but this doesnt seem to work...
Thanks for any help,
Frank

Answer 1

Check out Network.DownloadFile

Answer 2

Thanks, Vijaye.
Looks like it works great for known urls.
Are there any examples?
Thanks,

Answer 3

Here's an example of downloading a Flickr image to the local machine, and print out the file path.

  pic = Flickr.GetRandomPicture("whale")
  localFile = Network.DownloadFile(pic)
  TextWindow.WriteLine("Local path: " + localFile)

You can then use File.CopyFile to copy the downloaded file to wherever you want.

  pic = Flickr.GetRandomPicture("whale")
  localFile = Network.DownloadFile(pic)
  TextWindow.WriteLine("Local path: " + localFile)
  File.CopyFile(localFile, "c:\pic.jpg")