  
  [1X9 [33X[0;0YWeb Downloads[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  [10XDownload[110X  operation  has been written by Thomas Breuer, incorporating a
  number  of  suggestions  from  Max  Horn,  for  version  0.77  of  [5XUtils[105X. It
  implements  downloading  a  file  from  within  [5XGAP[105X.  It  can  use the [5XIO[105X or
  [5XcurlInterface[105X  packages,  or  [13Xwget[113X  or  [13Xcurl[113X,  if  installed,  and it can be
  extended  with  other  download  methods quite easily. It is envisaged that,
  once  other  packages  have  started  to  use it, and any problems have been
  addressed, that the functions will be transferred to the main [5XGAP[105X library.[133X
  
  
  [1X9.1 [33X[0;0YFunctions for downloading files from the web[133X[101X
  
  [1X9.1-1 Download[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XDownload[102X( [3Xurl[103X[, [3Xopt[103X] ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThis  function  downloads the file with the web address [3Xurl[103X, which must be a
  string.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  result is a record which has at least the component [10Xsuccess[110X, with value
  [9Xtrue[109X if the download was successful and [9Xfalse[109X otherwise. In the former case,
  the  component  [10Xresult[110X  is  bound, whose value is a string that contains the
  contents  of the downloaded file. In the latter case, the component [10Xerror[110X is
  bound, whose value is a string that describes the problem.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  function  calls  the methods stored in the global list [10XDownload_Methods[110X
  until  one  of  them is successful. Currently there are methods based on the
  [5XGAP[105X  functions  [2XDownloadURL[102X  ([14Xcurl:  DownloadURL[114X) and [2XSingleHTTPRequest[102X ([14XIO:
  SingleHTTPRequest[114X),  and  methods  based  on  the external programs [10Xwget[110X and
  [10Xcurl[110X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAn optional record [3Xopt[103X can be given. The following components are supported.[133X
  
  [8X[10Xtarget[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf  this  component is bound then its value must be a string that is a
        local  filename,  and  the  function writes the downloaded contents to
        this  file;  the  returned  record does not have a [10Xresult[110X component in
        this case.[133X
  
  [8X[10XverifyCert[110X[8X[108X
        [33X[0;6YIf this component is bound and has the value [9Xfalse[109X then those download
        methods  that  are  based  on  [10Xcurl[110X or [10Xwget[110X will omit the check of the
        server's  certificate.  The  same  effect is achieved for all [2XDownload[102X
        calls  by  setting  the user preference [10XDownloadVerifyCertificate[110X (see
        [14X9.1-2[114X) to [9Xfalse[109X and omitting the [10XverifyCert[110X component from [3Xopt[103X.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[28X[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xurl:= "https://www.gap-system.org/Packages/utils.html";;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xres1:= Download( url );;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xres1.success;[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XIsBound( res1.result ) and IsString( res1.result );[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xres2:= Download( Concatenation( url, "xxx" ) );;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xres2.success;[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xfalse[128X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XIsBound( res2.error ) and IsString( res2.error );[127X[104X
    [4X[28Xtrue[128X[104X
    [4X[28X[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  
  [1X9.1-2 [33X[0;0YUser preference [10XDownloadVerifyCertificate[110X[101X[1X[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YThe  value [9Xtrue[109X (the default) means that the server's certificate is checked
  in  calls  of  [2XDownload[102X  ([14X9.1-1[114X),  such  that nothing gets downloaded if the
  certificate is invalid.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  the  value is [9Xfalse[109X then download methods are supposed to omit the check
  of  the  server's  certificate  (this  may  not be supported by all download
  methods).[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YOne  can  set  the  value  of the preference to be [10Xval[110X via [2XSetUserPreference[102X
  ([14XReference:   SetUserPreference[114X),  by  calling  [10XSetUserPreference(  "utils",
  "DownloadVerifyCertificate",  val  )[110X,  and  access  the  current  value  via
  [2XUserPreference[102X   ([14XReference:  UserPreference[114X),  by  calling  [10XUserPreference(
  "utils", "DownloadVerifyCertificate" )[110X.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YWe recommend leaving this preference at its default value [9Xtrue[109X. Sometimes it
  can be necessary to change it, e.g. to work around issues with old operating
  systems  which  may  not  be  able  to correctly verify new certificates. In
  general  it is better to update such a system, but if that is not an option,
  then disabling certificate checks may be a good last resort.[133X
  
