downloader-cli

A simple downloader written in Python with an awesome progressbar.

Installation

• PyPI
• Arch
• Gentoo
• Manual

NOTE: The following packages (except installing manually) will get you the latest release. If you want to try out the latest development stuff, install manually.

PyPI

The package is available in PyPI here

Install it using

pip install downloader-cli

Arch

The package is available in the AUR here

Install it using yay

yay -S downloader-cli

Gentoo

The package is also available in src_prepare Gentoo overlay here

First set up src_prepare-overlay

sudo emerge -anv --noreplace app-eselect/eselect-repository
sudo eselect repository enable src_prepare-overlay
sudo emaint sync -r src_prepare-overlay

Install it using

sudo emerge -anv --autounmask net-misc/downloader-cli

Manual

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

sudo python setup.py install

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] [-b] [-v] 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
  -b, --batch      Download files in batch. If this flag is passed the passed
                   source will be considered as a file with download links
                   seperated by a newline. This flag will be ignored if source
                   is a valid URL.
  -v, --version    show the program version number and exit

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 various 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.