Installation

Install using pip

$ pip install magzdb

Usage

usage: magzdb [-h] [-V] -i MAGAZINE_ID [-e [EDITION [EDITION ...]]]
              [-f FILTER] [-l] [-P DIRECTORY_PREFIX] [--downloader DOWNLOADER]
              [--debug]

Magzdb.org Downloader

required arguments:
  -i MAGAZINE_ID, --id MAGAZINE_ID
                        ID of the Magazine to Download. eg. http://magzdb.org/j/<ID>.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         Print program version and exit
  -e [EDITION [EDITION ...]], --editions [EDITION [EDITION ...]]
                        Select Edition
  -f FILTER, --filter FILTER
                        Use filter. See README#Filters
  -l, --latest          Download only latest edition.
  -P DIRECTORY_PREFIX, --directory-prefix DIRECTORY_PREFIX
                        Download directory.
  --downloader DOWNLOADER
                        Use External downloader (RECOMMENDED). Currently supported: aria2, wget
  --debug               Print debug information.

Usage Examples

Download all editions

$ magzdb -i 1826

Filters

You can supply filter using -f, for example to download issues between 4063895 and 4063901, you can write as

$ magzdb -i 1826 -f "eid > 4063895 and eid < 4063901"

You can use any of eid, year, issue the fields in the filter expression.

More examples of filter expression

• eid > 4063895 and eid < 4063901 or eid >= 4063895 and eid <= 4063901
• eid >= 4063895 or eid != 4063895
• year >= 2018, year <= 2018, year == 2018 or even year != 2018
• year >= 2018 and issue >= 10

Download only latest edition

$ magzdb -i 1826 -l

Download only latest edition with custom location magazine

$ magzdb -i 1826 -l -P magazine

Use external downloader

$ magzdb -i 1826 -l -P magazine --downloader wget

This is recommended since internal downloader does not support resuming interrupted downloads.