Batch Download with Wildcard search? ? ?

[OoOGazOoO]

Hi all.

Is it possible to use a wildcard and multiple downloader at the same time? ? ?

I need to download something where i dont know the number (it can be between 0-99) for each differing URL.

However, i can do this with flashget but i can only do it manually and flashget can only do 1 URL at once rather than importing a whole text file and doing it that way, which is the way i need to be able to do it.

Is it possible to get a program or a code which allows you to use a wildcard to download these batches at once? ? ?

Many Thanks.

[night_stalker_z]

Not that i know of. You can try Wget but thats commandline.

Why do you need wildcard download?

[OoOGazOoO]

Hi there.

I need wildcard because as stated above, the files differ from numbers 0-99 everytime.

So every different URL could have a number of 0-99 in it.

[night_stalker_z]

Wont that ban you from certain sites if you make too many connections at once?

[OoOGazOoO]

No, it is fine.

[TYT]

you can import the text file in flashget. Put all your links in a text file, and rename it to links.lst. Then, go to file -> import list ( Ctrl + L ) and go from there.

[OoOGazOoO]

Hi thanks for that.

I do that but you cant do the wildcard search that way.

[TYT]

do you know the starting URL? If you know that part, and are just guessing at the filenames ( i.e. whateverURL/home/images/*.jpg ) then there is an option for batch downloading in Flashget. Go to jobs -> add batch download, but it's limited in the filenames you can use, such as the filenames all have to be numbered identically ( 001.jpg 002.jpg 003.jpg ) in order for it to work. If the filenames are randomly named, your best bet would be to use a program such as Offline Explorer to download the entire site for offline browsing, or if the downloads are linked on a single page you can use the DownThemAll extension for Firefox.

[OoOGazOoO]

Yeh that's the thing, all the filenames are unique and random and change each time.