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[en] New option: -X KEYWORDS, --xdcc-search=KEYWORDS

Item posted by Gianluca Zoni <zoninoz> on Wed 22 Nov 2023 03:51:52 PM UTC.

The XDCC commands implemented in IRC chats allow file sharing between users of a channel. Thanks to the https://xdcc.eu engine it is possible to obtain a list of files made available by softbot (BOT) users, always waiting for a file request command. Through the XDCC system you can find everything: films, TV series, books, music... For this reason, it can be a valid alternative/complement to the #ed2k (#donkey) and #kademlia (#kad) networks.

For several years, ZigzagDownLoader had implemented a system for searching, selecting and downloading files generally available on the IRC/XDCC network and on https://xdcc.eu. It was already possible to perform searches via the `--gui` and `--web-ui` interfaces. Additionally, entering XDCC links was also possible via the CLI, using the `-x, --xdcc` option.

NEWS:

the entire IRC/XDCC system has been redesigned and rewritten: greater stability and the possibility of multiple downloads in parallel were needed
the link search and selection interface, already implemented for the Graphical User Interface (GUI), is also made available for the Command Line Interface (CLI): use the option `--xdcc-search="<SEARCH KEYS>"`, abbreviated as `-X "<SEARCH KEYS>"`

-X <keywords>, --xdcc-search=<keywords>

Using the https://www.xdcc.eu search engine, start searching for files available for download via XDCC. The search result is opened by a GUI, to allow a selection of files to download.
The same type of search can be performed by `--gui` and `--web-ui`.
<keywords> is the search key (a set of filter words to be sent to https://xdcc.eu to perform the search) and must be enclosed in single or double quotes, to prevent the terminal from interpreting the spaces between the words as a key break.

Once you have sent the search key, after a few seconds, a GUI window will open that will allow you to select with a check mark the files that need to be downloaded. By clicking on the `OK` button, the window will close and the download will take place in the program's Terminal User Interface (TUI).

For more information, see the documentation: `man zdl`, `pinfo zdl`, `zdl --help`, and the website.

This part of the ZDL program is permanently in the experimental phase, given the empirical nature of the interaction with xdcc softbots. All your free collaboration aimed at perfecting the program is precious.

XDCC download occurs entirely with bash tools and is native to the ZigzagDownLoader project. The project was released under the GPL license in 2011, when it was published on the Free Software Foundation portal: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/zdl