LOVEDownloader - A download library

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LOVEDownloader - A download library

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LOVEDownloader is a library that let you download files very easy and with seeing the progress.

A documentation is on Github: https://github.com/Joemag/LOVEDownloader


Demo 0.8.0: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sefd8vo83kcu6 ... ample.love
Demo 0.9.0: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ax9o12sc2q3c0 ... ample.love
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LOVEDownloader = require('LOVEDownloader')

function love.load()
    file = LOVEDownloader.download("http://www.randomnumber.org/randdata/1MB_200409232104.dat", "file.dat", {
        update = function(per, down, size)
            print(per, down, size)
        end
    })
    file:start() -- Start download
end
function love.update()
    file:update()
end
function love.draw()
    love.graphics.print(math.floor(file.progress*100) .. "%", 10, 10)
    if file.success then
        print("success")
    end
end
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Re: LOVEDownloader - A download library

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Looks very interesting, I'll be sure to try it out! :awesome:
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Re: LOVEDownloader - A download library

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Can't check the source now, but curious. Does it download the file to the love save path, or its current directory?
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MPQC wrote:Can't check the source now, but curious. Does it download the file to the love save path, or its current directory?
It uses love.filesystem, so it downloads to the loves save directory. But if you want to download to another directory, you can replace love.filesystem.newFile() with io.open() in thread.lua
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Re: LOVEDownloader - A download library

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Makes sense. Could be quite useful as an auto updater.
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Re: LOVEDownloader - A download library

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Can it do image files?

Also, the HTTP lib you have for luasocket is included in LOVE, I think.
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Kyle wrote:Can it do image files?

Also, the HTTP lib you have for luasocket is included in LOVE, I think.
Yes, you can download images. Example:

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downFile = LOVEDownloader.download("http://example.com/image.png", "imgs/image.png")
The http lib is included in LÖVE, but I modified it to get the size without connecting twice.
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Ah, cool! I already have my HTTP connections threaded, but I'll check out your modification because that sounds like something I could use. I'll have approximately 200,000 512x512 images in my game and something tells me people won't want those all at once :P
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Very nice! I can see this being very useful in the future. Maybe this could be used when making a game with someone that doesn't live anywhere close to you.
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