How to save an image using its URL

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I did this steps and it didn't worked!
url_img =
name_file_img =
20141015-00:00.jpg
>> urlwrite(url_img, name_file_img); Error using urlreadwrite>getFileOutputStream (line 245) Could not open output file "C:\Users\Albm\Documents\MATLAB\2014\10\15\2014\10\15\2014\10\15\2014\10\15\20141015-00:00.jpg".
Error in urlreadwrite (line 69) [file,outputStream] = getFileOutputStream(inputs.filename);
Error in urlwrite (line 38) [f,status] = urlreadwrite(mfilename,catchErrors,url,filename,varargin{:});

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matt dash
matt dash on 17 Oct 2014
You just can't have a colon in a file name, that's all.
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Star Strider
Star Strider on 17 Oct 2014
Good pick-up!
I completely overlooked that.
Arthur Melo
Arthur Melo on 17 Oct 2014
Thanks everybody and sorry, but matt dash gave me the perfect answer, some times we forget too basics things. I don't know why. Thank you matt, now I have no problem.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 17 Oct 2014
You need to use imwrite() if you want to save an image, not urlwrite().
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 11 Feb 2022
To get no additional losses, use PNG format
imwrite(rgbImage, 'satellite image.png');
Can you show an example of how you'd save your image array with urlwrite()? The documentation only shows how to save web pages as HTML format, not how to save image data in PNG format.

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