csdb-downloader

csdb-downloader is a command-line program to download and organize csdb releases on your storage

csdb-downloader.json is a config file for setup (it's created during first run with some default settings):

• DownloadDirectory - place where it will download the files (f.e. your USB stick)
• NoCompoDirectory - subfolder name for releases which do not belong to any competition
• LastID - last ID downloaded, you can adjust it to look deeper in the history
• Date - download only releases newer then provided date (download all if empty)
• Types - download only listed types of releases (download all if empty)
• NameWithID - ID number added to release folder name

Command-line options:

• goback - how many IDs to go back with downloading/checking -> updates config.LastID
• start - force ID number to start from -> updates config.LastID
• date - download only releases newer then date in form YYYY-MM-DD -> updates config.Date
• id - use this option to add ID number to release folder name -> updates config.NameWithID
• loop - use this option to make the program loop forever (sleep for 1 minute after checking)
• all - use this option to ignore config.Types and download all types of releases

Use -help option to get info in command-line

Default release types (demoscene mode):

• C64 Music
• C64 Graphics
• C64 Demo
• C64 One-File Demo
• C64 Intro
• C64 4K Intro
• C64 Crack intro
• C64 Music Collection
• C64 Graphics Collection
• C64 Diskmag
• C64 Charts
• C64 Invitation
• C64 1K Intro
• C64 Fake Demo

You can adjust the list for your own interests f.e. "C64 Crack", "C64 Tool" or maybe "Other Platform C64 Tool"...

Notes

• date (UTC) parameter is only for comparing the dates, program will not start downloading releases from provided date, ID number is the primary selector
• files are not overwritten if already exists, new files are added
• LastID value in config file is increasing after every download

Example

If you would like to download all releases starting from ZOO party 2022 let's have a look what ID was first in that day. It's https://csdb.dk/release/?id=224980

Command below will download all releases released beggining of 2022-10-28:

csdb-downloader-win64.exe --start=224980 --date=2022-10-28

Have a nice day :)

DKT

Samar Productions / 31 Oct 2022