How to Auto Download 5-6 Files Daily Where Date in File Names Change
Hey Guys -
There's an audio stream which I listen to that's put up for download 2-3 times a week. When posted, it isn't ever posted as a single file, but as 5-6 "parts" which once downloaded, I join together. I'm trying to script or find an app which would automatically download these for me each day - and ideally even auto join them for me - but am at a roadblock.
The good news is that the URL which they are downloaded from seems to stay the same daily. What changes is the file name, though. Below are examples of the download links from the past two days:
Again, the # of parts changes from day to day, but have never seen it go over 6. I'd only need it to run 2-3 days a week, but could even schedule that as a task in Windows if a script was used. I have tried "Internet Download Manager," but it doesn't accept wildcards and I can't find an app that will. Searching Google for "schedule download wildcard" gave too much of a variety of results so decided to post here first.
If I can get this working, I'm going to try to find a command line util which I might be able to script to auto-join the files in the download directory then copy to a new folder for sync with cloud.
Any ideas for the best way (script or app) to perform any of this would be appreciated.
Thanks!
There's an audio stream which I listen to that's put up for download 2-3 times a week. When posted, it isn't ever posted as a single file, but as 5-6 "parts" which once downloaded, I join together. I'm trying to script or find an app which would automatically download these for me each day - and ideally even auto join them for me - but am at a roadblock.
The good news is that the URL which they are downloaded from seems to stay the same daily. What changes is the file name, though. Below are examples of the download links from the past two days:
Again, the # of parts changes from day to day, but have never seen it go over 6. I'd only need it to run 2-3 days a week, but could even schedule that as a task in Windows if a script was used. I have tried "Internet Download Manager," but it doesn't accept wildcards and I can't find an app that will. Searching Google for "schedule download wildcard" gave too much of a variety of results so decided to post here first.
If I can get this working, I'm going to try to find a command line util which I might be able to script to auto-join the files in the download directory then copy to a new folder for sync with cloud.
Any ideas for the best way (script or app) to perform any of this would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Ha :) - Yes I did, but no, there's not... In fact, this is one of the few places I've found it for download. Thanks
Do they post these in a way that you can subscribe to an RSS feed?
This downloader has a wildward option.
http://lftp.yar.ru/
I also saw some mention of using the -a (archive attribute) to avoid repeat downloads
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I'm not sure if it has a wildcard option but it should download everything in a folder.
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http://lftp.yar.ru/
I also saw some mention of using the -a (archive attribute) to avoid repeat downloads
----------------------
Check out DownThemAll which is a free Firefox addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/
I'm not sure if it has a wildcard option but it should download everything in a folder.
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If all else fails .....
Find an IT student who need some cash and ask them to ....
download, then join, possibly edit out adverts and email it to you.
Might it be possible for you to post the URL of the page containing the download links for these MP3s?
I appreciate that you might not want us to know what audio files you listen to, but I could probably write an old fashioned "DOS" batch file that runs a command line "URL2File.exe" or WGET program that:
1. Downloads the page as a text file
2. Parses the code for .mp3 links and the current date and captures the first URL as a variable
3. Passes the variable to the same EXE which saves the MP3 locally
4. Steps through the code doing the same for all of them until finished.
I appreciate that you might not want us to know what audio files you listen to, but I could probably write an old fashioned "DOS" batch file that runs a command line "URL2File.exe" or WGET program that:
1. Downloads the page as a text file
2. Parses the code for .mp3 links and the current date and captures the first URL as a variable
3. Passes the variable to the same EXE which saves the MP3 locally
4. Steps through the code doing the same for all of them until finished.
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It worked
Have you check to see if there is a podcast available?