downloadbooster v1.0.1

downloadbooster

Installation

npm install -g downloadbooster

CLI Usage

Command line options for the fetch command are:

Options

   -o, --output-file <outputFile>  Name to save the output file
   -c, --chunk-size <chunkSize>    Size of chunks in bytes
   -m, --max-chunks <maxChunks>    Max number of chunks to download
   -h, --help                      output usage information

Defaults

--output-file output.pdf

--chunk-size 1048576 // 1024 * 1024 = 1 MiB

--max-chunks 0 // 0 - ignored if zero

CommonJS Usage

const downloadBooster = require('downloadbooster');

const options = {
    chunkSize: 1024 * 1024,
    maxChunks: 20,
    outputFilename: 'output.pdf'
};

downloadBooster('https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010_0.pdf');

CLI Examples

Using default options

downloadbooster fetch https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010_0.pdf

Specifying an output file

downloadbooster fetch -o another-file.pdf https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010_0.pdf

Specifying a chunk size of 1 Kib

downloadbooster fetch -c 1024 -o image.png https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/share/bitmaps/test_pattern.png

Specifying a max chunk of 1

downloadbooster fetch -m 1 https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010_0.pdf

Download first KiB only

downloadbooster fetch -m 1 -c 1024 https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010_0.pdf

Save first KiB to specific output file

downloadbooster fetch -m 1 -c 1024 -o my-tiny-file.pdf https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/wr2010_0.pdf