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• pywgett
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Usage
    • Example usage:
  • Features
  • GitHub
  • License
    • Contribution

pywgett

pywgett is a command-line utility built with Python for downloading files from the internet. It provides an easy-to-use interface to fetch files using URLs, with support for custom headers, resume downloads, and more.

Prerequisites

Before using pywgett, ensure you have the following:

• Python 3.6+
• pip (Python package installer)

Installation

You can install pywgett using pip:

pip install pywgett

Alternatively, install it from the source on GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/ktechhub/pywgett.git
cd pywgett
python setup.py install

Usage

Download a file from a URL:

pywget --help
Usage: pywget [OPTIONS] [URLS]...

  Download utility to fetch a file from the internet.

  Args:     urls (tuple): The URLs of the files to download.
  If multiple URLs are provided, they will be downloaded in parallel.
  If a single URL is provided, it will be downloaded serially.     output
  (str): The name of the file or directory to save the downloaded file(s) as.
  header (list): Optional HTTP headers to include in the request.     parallel
  (int): Number of parallel downloads.     verbose (bool): Enable verbose
  mode.

  Returns:     None

Options:
  -o, --output TEXT       Optional output file name or directory
  --header TEXT           Custom headers to include in the request, e.g.
                          --header 'Authorization: Bearer token', --header
                          'Content-Type: application/json', --header 'User-
                          Agent: Mozilla/5.0', etc.
  -p, --parallel INTEGER  Number of parallel downloads [default: 4]
  --verbose               Enable verbose mode to output detailed information
                          about the download process.
  --version               Show the version and exit.
  --help                  Show this message and exit.

Example usage:

Single URL Download;

pywget https://www.example.com/file.zip
#or
pywget https://example.com/file.zip -o output_file.zip

pywget https://example.com/file.zip -o output_file.zip --header "Authorization: Bearer token" --header "User-Agent: CustomUserAgent/1.0" --verbose

Multiple URLS download

pywget https://example.com/file1.zip https://example.com/file2.zip -o /path/to/save -p 6
pywget https://www.ktechhub.com/assets/logo.13616b6b.png https://www.ktechhub.com/assets/logo.13616b6b.png
pywget https://example.com/file1.zip https://example.com/file2.zip -p 6

Features

• Download files from URLs with ease.
• Supports custom HTTP headers for authentication and content type.
• Resume interrupted downloads automatically.
• Displays progress bar during file downloads.
• Verbose mode for detailed download process information.

GitHub

For more details, visit the GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contribution

If you want to contribute, kindly see this contribution guide.