GET pictures from a url and then rename the picture

excel, image, vba

Solution

Here is a sample which will help you.

I am assuming that your Excel file will look like this. Please amend the code as applicable.

Option Explicit

Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" _
Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, _
ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

Dim Ret As Long

'~~> This is where the images will be saved. Change as applicable
Const FolderName As String = "C:\Temp\"

Sub Sample()
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim LastRow As Long, i As Long
    Dim strPath As String

    '~~> Name of the sheet which has the list
    Set ws = Sheets("Sheet1")

    LastRow = ws.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

    For i = 2 To LastRow '<~~ 2 because row 1 has headers
        strPath = FolderName & ws.Range("A" & i).Value & ".jpg"

        Ret = URLDownloadToFile(0, ws.Range("B" & i).Value, strPath, 0, 0)

        If Ret = 0 Then
            ws.Range("C" & i).Value = "File successfully downloaded"
        Else
            ws.Range("C" & i).Value = "Unable to download the file"
        End If
    Next i
End Sub

Problem

I have a excel list with a lot of article numbers, eg. "23378847". And I want the pictures of all my article numbers in the list stored in my folder. But the result will be as under. It should be 23378847.jpg not 152499 http://media.byggtjeneste.no/media/bilde/152499/LargeThumbnail or http://www.nobb.no/Nobbnr/OrginalBilde/23378847/152499 Is there a way that I can make a scrips that read my file and save the pic with the same article number as in the list?

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