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 -