[SOLVED] Downloading image, saving to specific folder

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Howdy guys,

I’m trying to set up a basic script that will download an image, and then save the image as a transparent PNG to a specific folder. Here’s what I have so far (I’ve replaced the url, for privacy sake. The actual URL can be accessed and the program will display the image, if I remove the entire if statement):

boolean saved = false;
PImage spr1; 
PGraphics sprOut;

void setup()
{
  spr1 = loadImage("URL HERE");
  surface.setSize(spr1.width, spr1.height);
  sprOut = createGraphics(width, height);
}



void draw()
{
  image(spr1, 0, 0);
  
  if (saved == false)
  {
    sprOut.save("C:/PetStuff/Pet0/test.png");
    saved = true;
  }
}

This throws a null pointer exception, and I cannot for the life of my figure out why. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Fixed the issue by going about things a different way.

It was incredibly simple, and it saves as a transparent PNG.

PImage spr1; 

void setup()
{
  spr1 = loadImage("MY URL");
  image(spr1, 0, 0);
  spr1.save("C:/PetStuff/Pet0/test.png");
}
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