error in databaseDownload.m in Octave

[isfmiho]

Issues in Octave with script databaseDownload.m

Follow these steps to reproduce:

1. Download databaseDownload.m from: https://ecosystem.sonicom.eu/databases/74/download?
2. Launch Octave, navigate to file folder.
3. Run the following (simplified) code. These rows are part of databaseDownload.m:

serverURL=['https://ecosystem.sonicom.eu/databases/74/download?type=json'];

options=weboptions; 
options.CertificateFilename=('');

jsonData = webread(serverURL, options)

returns the error:
error: octave_base_value::convert_to_str_internal (): wrong type argument '<unknown type>'

Tested with Octave 11.1.0 in Windows 11.

[isfmiho]

databaseDownload.m seems to be not working at all in Octave.

• launch Octave
• navigate to location of databaseDownload.m
• run: databaseDownload("destination_directory",64);
• the error returns:

error: Failed to retrieve file list from server: https://ecosystem.sonicom.eu/databases/64/download?type=json.  Error: Server returned a string, expected JSON.  Server response: {"success":true,"message":"Files ret
rieved successfully.","data":[{"Datafile ID":41930,"Datafile Name":"dtf b_nh169.sofa","Datafile URL":"https:\/\/ecosystem.sonicom.eu\/data\/64\/23726\/41930\/dtf b_nh169.sofa","Datafile Type":"DTFs","Dataset ID":23
726,"Dataset Name":"NH 169","Dataset Description":"HRTFs and DTFs of a printed head of the corresponding human listener","Database ID":64,"Database Title":"ARI artificial"},{"Datafile ID":41931,"Datafile Name":"hrt
f b_nh169.sofa","Datafile URL":"https:\/\/ecosystem.sonicom.eu\/data\/64\/23726\/41931\/hrtf b_nh169.sofa","Datafile Type":"HRTFs","Dataset ID":23726,"Dataset Name":"NH 169","Dataset Description":"HRTFs and DTFs of
 a printed head of the corresponding human listener","Database ID":64,"Database Title":"ARI artificial"},{"Datafile ID":41932,"Datafile Name":"dtf b_nh172.sofa","Datafile URL":"https:\/\/ecosystem.sonicom.eu\/data\
/64\/23727\/41932\/dtf b_nh172.sofa","Datafile Type":"DTFs","Dataset ID":23727,"Dataset Name":"NH 172","Dataset Description":"HRTFs and DTFs of the dummy head Neumann KU 100. Also part of Club Fritz database.","Dat
abase ID":64,"Database Title":"ARI artificial"},{"Datafile ID":41933,"Datafile Name":"hrtf b_nh172.sofa","Datafile URL":"https:\/\/ecosystem.sonicom.eu\/data\/64\/23727\/41933\/hrtf b_nh172.sofa","Datafile Type":"H
RTFs","Dataset ID":23727,"Dataset Name":"NH 172","Dataset Description":"HRTFs and DTFs of the dummy head Neumann KU 100. Also part of Club Fritz database.","Database ID":64,"Database Title":"ARI artificial"}]}
error: called from
    databaseDownload at line 28 column 3

The command works in Matlab without any issues.

[petibub]

I think that this issue is fixed with fixing #243, but I'm not sure. Please clarify and close as duplicate of #243 if this is the case.