batch download / batch dl from list

[SevensRequiem]

I want to dl alot of anime that I watch / have watched. So maybe having support to batch dl from a file or from anilist/myanimelist as either sub or dub or both, would be really nice, or even able to download all seasons from a specific anime. I have over 600 + in my lists so batch dl would be nice :pp

[FireHead90544]

That's a really great idea. I started this project to be atleast a bare minimum downloader that looked cool and actually works lol. I'm currently busy in some other project, but surely will implement bulk downloading (i.e, through reading from file, mal, anilist etc.) in upcoming future. Marked it as enchancement request for now :)

[Arctic4161]

@FireHead90544 I will work on this in my spare time and push to the project. I also want to work on the back button. I'll create a pull request when I get it done.

I have a couple commits for this project optimizing the code, but I'll push when I do the other two.

[FireHead90544]

I see, thank you. Sure, take your time. I am planning to write a custom video player maybe using mpd and stuff later on to enable tracking and a sync with mal later too. Dunno when I'll start, but yeah it'll be later.

[Arctic4161]

@SevensRequiem In what form is this list stored as? It is bookmarked under your gogo account. I'd need to know what I am reading in order to have a start point.

[FireHead90544]

Let's adapt a simpler convention. A text file with anime-id, a single anime per line. We'll expose a wrapper or a simple utility later on to pull the list from mal and get it in the desired format. What's your take on this?

[Arctic4161]

@FireHead90544 Works for me. I have changed around some stuff and allowed the user to navigate update config. Can you go to my fork and run it and see if it works for you? I don't have aria2 so can't fully test it but I think its the only way to put in a back button for the update config options. I still have yet to work out the download anime back buttons.

[FireHead90544]

Alright, let me setup a virtual env and test it up.

[FireHead90544]

Just tested it out. Awesome work. It isn't breaking or anything, the downloader's working fine.

Just a suggestion, instead of increasing the memory usage/messy structure by creating many variables for updating config, you can simply update the dictionary variable which is loaded when the program is started, in the main.py file it can be accessed as client.config.loaded_config. After the updates are done, just write it out to the client.config.config_path. Using this, you probably don't even need to restart the program (need to try before being sure) as the config variables used by program are themselves being updated.

And this will help keeping the program structure the way it is, short and precise.

[Arctic4161]

I'll give it a look when I have time, thanks for the suggestion!

[Arctic4161]

@FireHead90544 Just finished adding in back buttons. I also took your suggestion and added in the writing of the config file into client.config. I decided to keep the client.config.loaded_config variable alone until the user decides to write it to file. That way the client.config.loaded_config variable from the file is used when they go to download the videos. I did make the Keys in the new dictionary mirror the keys in client.config.loaded_config that way the keys in client.config.loaded_config can be easily updated once they wirte the file without restarting the application. Downloading anime option is a little slower this way since it grabs the cookies and uses client.config.loaded_config instead of at the start of the application. I hope this makes sense. I created a pull request with these changes and will work on the bulk download option next.

[FireHead90544]

Awesomee, I'll check that out in a while and merge. Btw I might make some changes too so make sure to fetch the upstream before pushing anything again to prevent any rebasing issue later.

[Arctic4161]

@FireHead90544 alright cool, I'll wait till you do what you have to and pull down before moving onto the bulk download. I think what you have going on here is a great