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Samer Afach 17f29a4ac4 Update README.md 2017-01-17 17:27:38 +01:00
Samer Afach 12410f4103 Update README.md for gitlab. 2016-11-13 13:10:15 +01:00
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@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ The script can be executed (globally) using:
$ downloadlist.py -f file.txt -d destination -t threads -l lines
where:
`file.txt` is the file name/path with the list of URLs to be downloaded
`destination` is the path, to which the files should be downloaded
`threads` is the number of processes to be used to download the URLs simultaneously
`lines` is the number of lines to read from the files and read simultaneously. 0 leads to reading the whole file.
`file.txt` is the file name/path with the list of URLs to be downloaded (line by line)
`destination` is the path, to which the files should be downloaded
`threads` is the number of processes to be used to download the URLs simultaneously
`lines` is the number of lines to read from the files and read simultaneously. 0 leads to reading the whole file.
You may use the package in your own scripts by importing it:
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listdownloader.download_files(URLs, destination, num_threads)
where:
`URLs` is a list of the URLs to be downloaded
`destination` is a string with the path, at which the files have to be saved
`num_threads` is the number of threads/processes to use for the download.
`URLs` is a list of the URLs to be downloaded
`destination` is a string with the path, at which the files have to be saved
`num_threads` is the number of threads/processes to use for the download.
You can also download a single file using the function:
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About
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This script was written by Samer Afach, samer@afach.de for test purposes.
This script was written by Samer Afach for test purposes.