Dload

This is a cli tool to download files using different protocols.

Quick start:

Default download location: $HOME/data

Download with urls

$ dload -u http://example.com/file 

or

Download with urls in a file

$ dload -f urls.txt 

Supported protocols (Tested with)

• http
• https
• ftp
• ftps
• sftp
• ssh
• scp

Dependencies

• Python version: >=3.6.7
• Python package setuptools if not already installed.

Build

Build the tool using python setup.py install

Test

Test with pytest using pytest dlaod

Using the tool

dload -h will show the help information

It takes two mutually exclusive arguments using -u or --urls and -f or --file.

URL arguments -u or --urls

You can pass the urls directly using the -u argument.
For example:

$ dload -u http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf

multiple urls spparated by space:

$ dload -u http://www.africau.edu/images/default/sample.pdf sftp://demo:password@test.rebex.net:22/readme.txt

URLs file argument -f or --file

You can pass a file path that has all the URLs separated by newline. For example:

$ dload -f urls.txt

Download path argument -l or --location

Default download location is $HOME/data

You can provide the download location using -l or --location argument.
Note: make sure the directory exists and has write permission

For example:

$ dload -f urls.txt -l ./data