Release of RSDownloader 0.2.0

It is here! After some development during the exam session and a final revision now that I am done with university, I am proud to announce the release of RSDownloader 0.2.0. A lot of things changed since the first draft that was version 0.1.0. First, I changed the download code to be more modular. I created a Download superclass that can be used as a model to create specific download classes for different filehosting websites easily. As of now I implemented RapidShare and FilesTube and I may add others in the future. I also implemented a search function that relies on the FilesTube API to search files by keyword. Last but not least, I changed the structure of the package to look and act more like a real package. I added setup.rb support to make the installation easier and I released the source code under GPLv3.

If you are interested in implementing any other functionality or website, don’t hesitate to fork the project on github. Here is the code of the Download superclass.

# The Download superclass
class Download
 attr_accessor :url, :name

 # Initializes a download
 def initialize(url, opts)
 @url = url
 @opts = opts
 @file = nil
 end

 # Tests the url
 def test
 begin
 Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url)).value
 rescue
 return false
 end
 return true
 end

 # Executes the download
 def execute
 self.set_file
 self.download
 end

 # Sets the file for the download
 def set_file
 @file = @url
 end

 # Downloads the file
 def download
 cmd = "wget -c --user-agent="#{@opts[:header]['User-Agent']}""
 cmd += " -q" if !$verbose
 cmd += " --directory-prefix="#{@opts[:dir]}"" if @opts[:dir]

 IO.popen(cmd + " #{@file}"){|f|}
 end
end