frodo-downloader v0.3.8

Frodo Downloader

Download manager, written in node.js, controlled using REST API.

Key features

• schedule download of your files from anywhere
• simple REST API, not limited to built-in web interface
• queue your items, restrict access, schedule download at specified time

How to install / setup

Global install, using NPM

sudo npm install -g frodo-downloader

Local install, version from git

1. make sure you have Node.js 0.10 and NPM installed
2. download release of Frodo Downloader and extract it into a folder
3. in the folder, execute npm install --production
4. install Addons you want using npm install ADDON_NAME
5. if the result is successful, start app using npm start

How to install addons

Just simply install them using npm install ADDON_NAME, they will be loaded after restart.

Features

• basic REST API (login, start download, get progress, list items, download items from your server)
• basic Addon API - currently only download addons
• HTTP/HTTPS download addon
• user management API
• robust Addon API (processing addons - after download, ...)
• built-in Torrent download addon
• download queue (prepared, not implemented)

API

Documented in wiki