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Author: Richard Pinedo (All RIAForge projects by this author)
Last Updated: March 28, 2009 5:17 PM
Version: 0.3
Views: 6,643
Downloads: 445
License: Apache License, Version 2

Description:

Basically downloads a file faster by requesting it in pieces and joining it once its finished.

Results:
Downloading Firefox 3.0.8 (7.2 MB):
time to download using cfhttp: 36.14 seconds
time to download using ultrahttp: 6.93 seconds
Downloading 1.8 MB file
time to download using ultrahttp: 6.15 seconds
time to download using cfhttp: 12.07 seconds
Time difference: 6.16 seconds OR 50% faster
Downloading 150K file
time to download using cfhttp: 0.49 seconds
time to download using ultrahttp: 0.71 seconds
*recommended only for big files

Usage:
cf_UltraHTTP
--- Source of file ---
Location=http://example.com/setup.exe
--- Desired File Name (leave blank to generate it off link ie: go.com/file.exe will become file.exe)---
Filename=setup.exe
--- Max Concurrent Connections ---
Connections=10
-- Directory to place the file in (absolute path)---
Destination=#ExpandPath('.')#

Requirements:

Coldfusion 8 and the server that receives the request (or sends the file) has to support the range command

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