downloader-cli

A simple downloader written in Python with an awesome progressbar.

Installation

The package is available in PyPi here

Install it using

pip install downloader-cli

If you want to manuall install, clone the repo and run the following command

sudo python setup.py install

The packages available in PyPi and AUR contain the last release, if you want all the latest changes, clone the repo and install manually or wait for the next release.

Requirements

downloader-cli requires just one external module.

• urllib3

Usage

The script also allows some other values from the commandline.

usage: dw [-h] [-f | -c] [-e] [-q] SOURCE [TARGET]

positional arguments:
  SOURCE           URL of the file
  TARGET           target filepath (existing directories will be treated as
                   the target location)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -f, -o, --force  overwrite if the file already exists
  -c, --resume     resume failed or cancelled download (partial sanity check)
  -e, --echo       print the filepath to stdout after downloading (other
                   output will be redirected to stderr)
  -q, --quiet      suppress filesize and progress info

Use It

Want to use it in your project?

Import the Download class using the following.

from downloader_cli.download import Download
Download(url).download()

Above is the simplest way to use it in your app. The other arguments are optional.

Arguments

The module takes 8 arguments. Only one is required though.

NOTE For details regarding the arguments, check Usage

NOTE In case the file size is not available, the bar is shown as indefinite, in which case the icon_left by default space(" ").

Other examples

In case you want to experiment with the progress bar's icons, here's some examples.

• This is when I passed icon_done as # and icon_left as space.

  

• In case a file's size is not available from the server, the progressbar is indefinite.