import/export multiple links at a once

While that would be nice & simple, you can currently import a bunch of files to be downloaded with metalinks (XML text listing mirrors, checksums, etc). More complex than a plain text file, but useful if you have that other info.

It would also be nice to export to metalinks, so you don't lose any extra info.

Do you call metalinks to hyperlinks? I know that you can download multiple files at once from contextual menu "Downthemall!..." , but the problem is when there is only plain text. dta cannot "see" links in this kind of files. Sometimes people sends me a txt file with a bunch of links and add them do dta I have to go to some random forum, paste the links in a post and click in "preview" in the php forums so the webpage generates a html file with the proper hyperlinks <a href="mylink">download</a>. Without a html with hyperlinks I cannot download the files directly. I do know anything about xml or any other meta-data oriented languages, I simply want to be able to download links that are written in plain text files.

Replying to Teddy:

... I know that you can download multiple files at once from contextual menu "Downthemall!..." , but the problem is when there is only plain text. dta cannot "see" links in this kind of files.

There are tools like the Linkification extension that you may find useful.

Possible formats should import/export formats include:

• text/plain
• Getright/FlashGot/other formats
• generic xml? (own format)
• html (kinda hard, as there is no domparser for this)
• metalink maybe (export doesn't support all data we use, i.e. referrers)
• clipboard (txt, html)

https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15953

Replying to MaierMan:

Possible formats should import/export formats include: * metalink maybe (export doesn't support all data we use, i.e. referrers)

Let me know what you need. We can easily add it, it's about time for a refresh of the metalink spec.

Well, I think that text/plain and flashget is the same. They name it .lst instead of txt, but it is the same.

i think the good options and simplest are save as .lst file and copy to clipboard, I do not see a reason to create an own .xml file, to save not necessary metadata?

*** Ticket #323 marked duplicate of this one ***

*** Ticket #155 marked duplicate of this one ***

*** Ticket #439 marked duplicate of this one ***

*** Ticket #565 marked duplicate of this one ***

Work in progress: [835]

Export facility that exports as .metalink (+ some dta specific data in an own namespace) and text (one url per line).

Next to come:

• html export
• metalink import
• text import

Err. should have been [836]

Sample .metalink export. Ant, what do you think?

*** Ticket #717 marked duplicate of this one ***

*** Ticket #270 marked duplicate of this one ***

*** Ticket #820 marked duplicate of this one ***

Finished for now.

Import:

• Metalink (default)
• Text

Export:

• Metalink (default)
• Text
• HTML