datalad download-url - download content
datalad download-url [-h] [-d PATH]
[-O PATH] [-o] [--archive] [--nosave] [-m MESSAGE] url [url
...]
It allows for a uniform download interface to various supported
URL schemes, re-using or asking for authentication details maintained by
datalad.
Examples:
$ datalad download-url http://example.com/file.dat
s3://bucket/file2.dat
- url
- URL(s) to be downloaded. Constraints: value must be a string
- -h, --help,
--help-np
- show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager
for displaying the help message
- -d PATH, --dataset
PATH
- specify the dataset to add files to. If no dataset is given, an attempt is
made to identify the dataset based on the current working directory and/or
the PATH given. Use --nosave to prevent adding files to the dataset.
Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset
(e.g. a path) [Default: None]
- -O PATH, --path
PATH
- path (filename or directory path) where to store downloaded file(s). In
case of multiple URLs provided, must point to a directory. Otherwise
current directory is used. Constraints: value must be a string [Default:
None]
- -o,
--overwrite
- flag to overwrite it if target file exists. [Default: False]
- --archive
- pass the downloaded files to datalad add-archive-content --delete.
[Default: False]
- --nosave
- by default all modifications to a dataset are immediately saved. Giving
this option will disable this behavior. [Default: True]
- -m MESSAGE, --message
MESSAGE
- a description of the state or the changes made to a dataset. Constraints:
value must be a string [Default: None]
datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors
<team@datalad.org>.