Project: pyMetalink URL: https://github.com/metalink-dev/pymetalink E-mail: nabber00@gmail.com

Copyright: (C) 2007-2016, Neil McNab, Hampus Wessman License: MIT

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Description: pyMetalink is a library for python to support advanced download features

Example:

import metalink.download

files = metalink.download.get("file.metalink", os.getcwd())

CHANGELOG:

• Tested
• Initial Python 3.x support
• License change to MIT approved by all authors, can still be combined with GPL software
• Catches GPG NEWSIG response

• Packaged as pure Python package for easy_install and pip

• Support for RFC 3230 - Instance Digests in HTTP
• Support for RFC 6249 - Metalink/HTTP: Mirrors and Hashes

• Bugfixes for segmented downloads
• Native Jigdo download support
• Added download time
• Now requires Python 2.5 or newer because Metalink RFC requires SHA-256

• Added support for Metalink v4 (IETF RFC)

• Bugfix for when HTTP 302 redirect code is issued during download

• Added custom HTTP header support
• Added option to parse an HTML file for .metalink files to check
• Added a beta feature for media streaming
• Various bugfixes

• PGP bugfix
• Jigdo to Metalink convertor
• Other bugfixes

• XML parsing speed and memory improvements
• Checking function is now multithreaded for speed improvements
• Displays download bitrates
• Grabs proxy info from environment variables and Windows registry
• Fix for faulty file locking, this causes corrupted downloads

• Uses gzip compression when available on server (non-segmented downloads only)
• Fixed memory leak when computing a checksum
• Bugfixes for download resuming

• Will now download any file type and auto-detect metalink files
• Added support for metalink "Accept" HTTP header

• Fixed default key import directory

• Fixes for use with UNIX/Linux
• bugfixes in checker code

• Modified to remove the pyme dependency

• Removed missing imports

• Added first attempt at PGP signature checking
• Minor bugfixes

• Support for resuming segmented downloads
• Modified for better Python 2.4 support

• Code cleanup
• FTP close connection speed improvement
• Added documentation for how to use as a library
• Sort by country pref first (if set), then pref value in metalink

• segmented download FTP size support
• support for user specified OS and language preferences
• finished FTP proxy support

• Bugfix for when type attr not present
• Support for FTP segmented downloads

• If type="dynamic", client checks origin location

• Now handles all SHA hash types and MD5
• Minor bug fixes

• Speed and bandwidth improvements for checking mode
• Added checking of chunk checksums
• If chunk checksums are present, downloads are resumed
• Proxy support (experimental, HTTP should work, FTP and HTTPS not likely)

• Bugfix when doing size check on HTTP servers, more reliable now

• Support for segmented downloads! (HTTP urls only, falls back to old method if only FTP urls)

• Added support for checking the file size on FTP servers

• Made error when XML parse fails a little clearer.

• Fixed bug when no "size" attribute is present

• Added totals output

• Bugfixes for FTP handling, bad URL handling
• rsync doesn't list as a URL Error
• reduced timeout value

This is the initial release.

TODO

• resume download support for non-segmented downloads
• download priority based on speed
• use maxconnections
• dump FTP data chunks directly to file instead of holding in memory