Usage

python -m wget [options]

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) * download(url) can again be unicode on Python 2.7 https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-wget/issues/8

3.1 (2015-10-18) * it saves unknown files under download.wget filename https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-wget/issues/6 * it prints unicode chars to Windows console * it downloads unicode urls with Python 3

3.0 (2015-10-17) * it can download and save unicode filenames https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-wget/issues/7

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)
progresscallback is named callbackprogress

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

-- anatoly techtonik techtonik@gmail.com