API Internet function

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This is not an access function but a vba question nevertheless; I have a
routine that I wrote which automates the process of downloading a file from
an FTP site, using the Windows APIs. Are there any API functions, however,
that can be used to download files from and http site instead?

Thanks for any input
 
That didnt quite do what I wanted. Here's the scenario. My provider's website
gets updated daily, for the most part (weekdays that is), with a new file.
For now I am manually opening the page, selecting and downloading the file by
right-clicking the hyperlink and hitting 'Save Target As'. Once the site pops
up, a table is displayed with a list of hyperlinks - ones that were
previously added and 1 or more new ones. They are names with a date suffix so
I can determine what ones I already downloaded and what ones are new. I take
only new, in the fashion mentioned earlier.

Automation:
I'd like to be able to automate the process by
1. reading each hyperlink
2. based on the date part, determining whether it is new or old (this
step I am competent to handle)
3. Downloading the data that each new link links to.

Any known APIs that will handle steps 1 and 3?

Thanks
 
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