Command Line Interface (CLI) Usage#

App names#

There is few app names in zippyshare-downloader:

  • zippyshare-dl

  • zippyshare-downloader

Note

If none of above doesn’t work use this

# For Windows
py -3 -m zippyshare_downloader

# For Linux
python3 -m zippyshare_downloader

Options#

Global options#

  • ZIPPYSHARE_URL or FILE Zippyshare URL or file containing zippyshare urls

  • --no-download No download file

  • --verbose, -v Enable verbose

  • --replace, -r Replace file if exist

  • --silent No output

Zip and unzip#

  • --zip FILENAME, -z FILENAME Zip all downloaded files

  • --unzip, -uz Unzip all downloaded files, one by one

Warning

Option --zip or -z will only work if you are using multiple zippyshare urls

For example:

# This will work
$ zippyshare-dl "urls.txt" --zip

# This will NOT work
$ zippyshare-dl "https://www.zippyshare.com/v/..." --zip

Pipe to media player (etc: vlc)#

  • -pipe Download to stdout, useful for piping media content to media player (like vlc)

Example Usage

# Let's say you want watching videos with vlc from zippyshare
# this can be done with piping the stdout from zippyshare-dl
$ zippyshare-dl "insert zippyshare url here" -pipe | vlc -

# or (for Linux / Mac OS)
$ python3 -m zippyshare_downloader "insert zippyshare url here" -pipe | vlc -

# or (for Windows)
$ py -3 -m zippyshar_downloader "insert zippyshare url here" -pipe | vlc -