The Internet Archive Download Tool
I don't know where else to write about this... the internet archive has a nifty download tool
Read more here: https://archive.org/services/docs/api/internetarchive/cli.html
$ chmod +x ia
$ ./ia help
A command line interface to archive.org.
usage:
ia [--help | --version]
ia [--config-file FILE] [--log | --debug] [--insecure] <command> [<args>]...
options:
-h, --help
-v, --version
-c, --config-file FILE Use FILE as config file.
-l, --log Turn on logging [default: False].
-d, --debug Turn on verbose logging [default: False].
-i, --insecure Use HTTP for all requests instead of HTTPS [default: false]
commands:
help Retrieve help for subcommands.
configure Configure `ia`.
metadata Retrieve and modify metadata for items on archive.org.
upload Upload items to archive.org.
download Download files from archive.org.
delete Delete files from archive.org.
search Search archive.org.
tasks Retrieve information about your archive.org catalog tasks.
list List files in a given item.
See 'ia help <command>' for more information on a specific command.
Info about downloading
But see also this twitter thread from Jason Scott:
https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1224011624933134336
THE BANDWIDTH BUSTER TOOLKIT: The best way to interact with @internetarchive en masse is the Internet Archive Client, a command-line program that will use our API and allow you to do mass actions and downloads with incredible ease. https://t.co/puAw9l0sJ6 https://t.co/RMDclczWnW
— Jason Scott (@textfiles) February 2, 2020