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pure python download utility

Project description

Usage

python -m wget [options] <URL>

options:

-o –output FILE|DIR output filename or directory

API Usage

>>> import wget
>>> url = 'http://www.futurecrew.com/skaven/song_files/mp3/razorback.mp3'
>>> filename = wget.download(url)
100% [................................................] 3841532 / 3841532>
>> filename
'razorback.mp3'

The skew that you see above is a documented side effect. Alternative progress bar:

>>> wget.download(url, bar=bar_thermometer)

ChangeLog

3.2 (2015-10-22)
3.1 (2015-10-18)
3.0 (2015-10-17)
2.2 (2014-07-19)
  • it again can download without -o option

2.1 (2014-07-10)
  • it shows command line help

  • -o option allows to select output file/directory

    • download(url, out, bar) contains out parameter

2.0 (2013-04-26)
  • it shows percentage

  • it has usage examples

  • it changes if being used as a library

    • download shows progress bar by default

    • bar_adaptive gets improved algorithm

    • download(url, bar) contains bar parameter * bar(current, total)

    • progress_callback is named callback_progress

1.0 (2012-11-13)
  • it runs with Python 3

0.9 (2012-11-13)
  • it renames file if it already exists

  • it can be used as a library

    • download(url) returns filename

    • bar_adaptive() draws progress bar

    • bar_thermometer() simplified bar

0.8 (2011-05-03)
  • it detects filename from HTTP headers

0.7 (2011-03-01)
  • compatibility fix for Python 2.5

  • limit width of progress bar to 100 chars

0.6 (2010-04-24)
  • it detects console width on POSIX

0.5 (2010-04-23)
  • it detects console width on Windows

0.4 (2010-04-15)
  • it shows cute progress bar

0.3 (2010-04-05)
  • it creates temp file in current dir

0.2 (2010-02-16)
  • it tries to detect filename from URL

0.1 (2010-02-04)
  • it can download file

Release Checklist

[ ] update version in wget.py
[x] update description in setup.py
[ ] python setup.py check -mrs
[ ] python setup.py sdist upload
[ ] tag hg version

– anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>

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