# tFileFetch Availability-note[Deprecated](https://help.talend.com/r/en-US/Cloud/labels-on-talend-help-center/availability-deprecated) This content is deprecated. Information noteImportant: This component has been removed from Talend Studio 8.0 R2025-04 onwards. Use tHTTPClient instead. Retrieves a file through the given protocol (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or SMB). ## tFileFetch Standard properties These properties are used to configure tFileFetch running in the Standard Job framework. The Standard tFileFetch component belongs to the Internet family. The component in this framework is available in all Talend products. ## Basic settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | Protocol | Select the protocol
you want to use from the list and fill in the corresponding fields:
http, https, ftp,
smb.

The properties
differ slightly depending on the type of protocol selected. The
additional fields are defined in this table, after the basic settings.

Information noteDeprecation: The support for SMBv1 (the smb
option) is deprecated. | | URI | Type in the URI of
the site from which the file is to be fetched. | | Use cache to save
resource | Select this check
box to save the data in the cache.

This option allows you to process the file data flow (in streaming
mode) without saving it on your drive. This is faster and improves
performance. | | Domain | Enter the Microsoft
server domain name.

Available for
the smb
protocol. | | Username and
Password | Enter the
authentication information required to access the server.

To enter the password, click the [...] button
next to the password field, enter the password in double quotes in the pop-up dialog box,
and click OK to save the settings.

Available for the smb protocol. | | Destination
Directory | Browse to the
destination folder where the file fetched is to be placed.

Information noteWarning: Use absolute path (instead of relative path) for
this field to avoid possible errors. | | Destination
Filename | Enter a new name for
the file fetched.

If the Upload file option in the Advanced settings view is selected, the
upload response will be saved in this file.

Information noteWarning: Use absolute path (instead of relative path) for
this field to avoid possible errors. | | Create full path according to
URI | It allows you to
reproduce the URI directory path. To save the file at the root of your
destination directory, clear the check box.

Available for the http, https and ftp protocols. | | Add header | Select this check
box if you want to add one or more HTTP request headers as fetch
conditions. In the Headers table, enter the name(s) of the HTTP header
parameter(s) in the Name field and the corresponding value(s) in the
Value
field.

Available for the
http and
https
protocols. | | POST
method | This check box is
selected by default. It allows you to use the POST method. In the
Parameters
table, enter the name of the variable(s) in the Name field and the
corresponding value in the Value field.

Clear the check box if you want to use the GET method.

Available for the http and https
protocols. | | Die on
error | Clear this check box
to skip the rows in error and to complete the process for the error free
rows

Available for the http, https and ftp
protocols. | | Read
Cookie | Select this check
box for tFileFetch to load a web authentication cookie.

Available for the http, https, ftp and smb
protocols. | | Save
Cookie | Select this check
box to save the web page authentication cookie. This means you will not
have to log on to the same web site in the future.

Available for the http, https, ftp and smb protocols. | | Cookie
file | Type in the full
path to the file which you want to use to save the cookie or click
[...] and
browse to the desired file to save the cookie.

Available for the http, https, ftp and smb protocols. | | Cookie
policy | Choose a cookie
policy from this drop-down list. Four options are available, BROWSER\_COMPATIBILITY,
DEFAULT,
NETSCAPE and
RFC\_2109.

Available for the http, https, ftp and smb
protocols. | | Single cookie
header | Check this box to
put all cookies into one request header for maximum compatibility among
different servers.

Available for
the http,
https,
ftp and
smb
protocols. | ## Advanced settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | tStatCatcher
Statistics | Select this check
box to collect the log data at each component level. | | Timeout | Enter the number
of milliseconds after which the protocol connection should close.

Available for the http and https
protocols. | | Encoding for parameters | Select the character encoding for
the POST method parameters: US-ASCII, UTF-8, or Windows-1252.

This option is
available when POST method is
selected in the Basic settings
view. | | Print response to
console | Select this check
box to print the server response in the console.

Available for the http and https protocols. | | Upload
file | Select this check
box to upload one or more files to the server. For each file to be
uploaded, click the [+] button beneath the table displayed and set the
following fields:



This option is available for the http and https
protocols, with the POST method option in the
Basic settings view selected.

With this option selected, the
upload response will be saved in the file specified in the Destination filename field in the
Basic settings
view. | | Enable proxy
server | Select this check
box if you are connecting via a proxy and complete the fields which
follow with the relevant information.

Available for the http, https and ftp protocols. | | Enable NTLM
Credentials | Select this check
box if you are using an NTLM authentication protocol.


Domain: The client domain name.


Host: The client's IP address.

Available for the http and https
protocols. | | Need
authentication | Select this check
box and enter the username and password in the relevant fields, if they
are required to access the protocol.

Available for the http and https protocols. | | Support
redirection | Select this check
box to repeat the redirection request until redirection is successful
and the file can be retrieved.


Force Get method for 302 redirection:
Select this check box to send the redirection request with the Get
method if the redirection code is 302.

Available for the http, https and ftp protocols. | | Trust
all servers | Select this option to trust any
servers. With this option selected, the component does not validate the
server certificates. Not selected by default.

This option is available when https is selected from the Protocol drop-down list in the Basic settings view. | ## Global Variables | Variables | Description | | --- | --- | | Global
Variables | ERROR\_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error checkbox is
cleared, if the component has this checkbox.


INPUT\_STREAM: the content of the file
being fetched. This is a Flow variable and it returns an InputStream.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component
while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl+Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from
it.

For more information about variables, see [Using contexts and variables](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/contexts-and-variables). | ## Usage | Usage guidance | Description | | --- | --- | | **Usage
rule** | This component is
generally used as a start component to feed the input flow of a Job and
is often connected to the Job using an OnSubjobOk or OnComponentOk link,
depending on the context. | | Limitation | Due to license incompatibility, one or more JARs required to use this component
are not provided. You can install the missing JARs for this particular component by
clicking the Install button on the Component tab view. You can also find out and add all missing
JARs easily on the Modules tab in the Integration perspective of Talend Studio. For
details, see [Installing external modules](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/installing-external-modules). | **Related concepts** * [Fetching data through HTTP](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/internet/tfilefetch-tfileinputdelimited-tlogrow-tlogrow-fetching-data-through-http-standard-component-this) * [Reusing stored cookie to fetch files through HTTP](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/internet/tfilefetch-reusing-stored-cookie-to-fetch-files-through-http-standard-component-this)