Using utl_http to download a binary file to the server disk

Hi,
I need to download a binary file from the web into the hard disk of the server.
I am using utl_http to do that. My program works on URLs that have text, but not on binary files. Does anyone have an idea how to do that?
Thanks
Rani
Here is the program I am using:
DECLARE
req utl_http.req;
resp utl_http.resp;
value VARCHAR2(32767);
fname utl_file.file_type;
BEGIN
utl_http.set_proxy('wwwproxy.myorg.com:8080');
req := utl_http.begin_request('http://www.somelocation.com/abc.zip');
resp := utl_http.get_response(req);
fname := utl_file.fopen('DBTEMP','testfile.zip','w');
LOOP
utl_http.read_line(resp, value, TRUE);
utl_file.put_line(fname,value);
END LOOP;
utl_http.end_response(resp);
utl_file.fclose(fname);
EXCEPTION
WHEN utl_http.end_of_body THEN
utl_http.end_response(resp);
utl_file.fclose(fname);
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