Groovy download image from URL

Question

I am wondering what the proper way to go about downloading the image from this RUL would be: http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/img/port/7018246/1

The way I tried downl

Answer 1

Thanks Tim, I also found your answer very helpful, just small note: Looks like you haven't closed URL stream. I'm just starting with Groovy, and I've heard that it close steams when exit from closure so we can change code like that:

public void download(def address) {
  new File("${address.tokenize('/')[-1]}.png").withOutputStream { out ->
      new URL(address).withInputStream { from ->  out << from; }
  }
}