54 lines
2.2 KiB
Python
54 lines
2.2 KiB
Python
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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#
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU Library General Public License for more details.
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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# Copyright 2002-2006 Michael D. Stenner, Ryan Tomayko
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# $Id: __init__.py,v 1.20 2006/09/22 00:58:55 mstenner Exp $
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"""A high-level cross-protocol url-grabber.
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Using urlgrabber, data can be fetched in three basic ways:
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urlgrab(url) copy the file to the local filesystem
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urlopen(url) open the remote file and return a file object
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(like urllib2.urlopen)
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urlread(url) return the contents of the file as a string
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When using these functions (or methods), urlgrabber supports the
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following features:
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* identical behavior for http://, ftp://, and file:// urls
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* http keepalive - faster downloads of many files by using
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only a single connection
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* byte ranges - fetch only a portion of the file
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* reget - for a urlgrab, resume a partial download
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* progress meters - the ability to report download progress
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automatically, even when using urlopen!
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* throttling - restrict bandwidth usage
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* retries - automatically retry a download if it fails. The
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number of retries and failure types are configurable.
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* authenticated server access for http and ftp
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* proxy support - support for authenticated http and ftp proxies
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* mirror groups - treat a list of mirrors as a single source,
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automatically switching mirrors if there is a failure.
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"""
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__version__ = '3.1.0'
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__date__ = '2006/09/21'
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__author__ = 'Michael D. Stenner <mstenner@linux.duke.edu>, ' \
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'Ryan Tomayko <rtomayko@naeblis.cx>'
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__url__ = 'http://linux.duke.edu/projects/urlgrabber/'
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from grabber import urlgrab, urlopen, urlread
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