AlphacodersDownloader

A script for download wallpapers on https://alphacoders.com/ written in Python.

Installation

Install on Archlinux

Link: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-alphacodersdownloader/

You can use an AUR package manager as yay or pamac for example.

Example with yay:

yay -S python-alphacodersdownloader

Install on Debian/Ubuntu

With my apt repository

Install requirements:

apt install curl apt-transport-https gnupg2 

Import GPG key:

 curl -s https://asthowen.fr/key.gpg | gpg --dearmor | tee /usr/share/keyrings/asthowen.gpg > /dev/null

Add the repository in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

 echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/asthowen.gpg] https://apt.asthowen.fr stable main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/asthowen-packages.list

Update repositories and install package:

apt update && apt install python3-alphacodersdownloader

With deb file

Download the latest release on: https://github.com/Asthowen/AlphacodersDownloader/releases/latest.

Install package (replace fileName by the file name):

apt install -f ./fileName

Install on Fedora/RedHat/CentOS/AlmaLinux

With my RPM repository

Install requirement:

yum install curl 

Add the repository in /etc/yum.repos.d/:

curl https://rpm.asthowen.fr/asthowen.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/asthowen.repo

Update repositories and install package:

yum check-update

And install package:

yum install AlphacodersDownloader 

With RPM file

Download the latest release on: https://github.com/Asthowen/AlphacodersDownloader/releases/latest.

Install package (replace fileName by the file name):

yum install fileName

Install with Snap

Start by install Snap (see https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

And then, install the package:

snap install alphacoders-downloader

Install with PyPI

Install module:

python3 -m pip install AlphacodersDownloader

Install manually

Clone the repo and switch to folder:

git clone https://github.com/Asthowen/AlphacodersDownloader.git && cd AlphacodersDownloader/

Install dependencies:

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Start the script:

python3 run.py

Use

Currently, due to the use of CloudFlare, it is no longer possible to retrieve wallpapers directly from https://alphacoders.com. So you have to go to the page of the wallpaper you want and scroll to the maximum to display all the wallpapers, you can then download the HTML file of the page.

With helper

Start the script:

alphacoders-downloader

Enter the path to the previously downloaded HTML file: ./some.html for example.

Enter download path: ~/downloads/wallpapers/ for example.

If you want change download speed, start by typing y and after that, enter a new download speed, it must be in Ko.

With arguments

Arguments list

-F The path to the HTML file of the page containing the wallpapers to download, must be associated with the -P argument.
-P The path to download wallpapers, must be associated with the -F argument.
-D The download speed, it must be in Ko.
-H The help command.
-V Get infos about version.

Examples

Download wallpaper in ~/downloads/wallpapers/:

alphacoders-downloader -F ./some.html -P "~/downloads/wallpapers/" -D 1024

Dev

Before committing an update:

• The code must have a result of 10/10 with pylint, use the command: pylint --recursive=y alphacoders_downloader/*
• The code must be cleaned with black, run the command: black alphacoders_downloader/ && black setup.py && black build/setup_build.py

Author

License

AlphacodersDownloader | GNU General Public License v3.0