Laravel Download File from URL to Storage Example

Hey Dev,

This article will give you an example of laravel download file from url. If you have a question about laravel download file from url to storage then I will give a simple example with a solution. if you want to see an example of laravel download file from link then you are in the right place. In this article, we will implement a laravel download file from external url.

You can use this example with laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9 and laravel 10 versions.

If you need to download a file or image from a URL in laravel, then I will give you a straightforward example of it. We will use Storage facade and file_get_contents() function to download image from url. so let's see the below controller code.

Example:

app/Http/Controllers/DemoController.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
  
class DemoController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        $path = "https://www.itsolutionstuff.com/assets/images/logo-it.png";
        Storage::disk('local')->put('itsolutionstuff.png', file_get_contents($path));
  
        $path = Storage::path('itsolutionstuff.png');
  
        return response()->download($path);
    }
}

I hope it can help you...