POSIX scripts to download files from typical services

Intro

Here you will find some script to (almost) automatically download files from typical on-line file sharing services

Requirements

• POSIX compatible OS (Unix, Linux, MacOS X, etc)
• Display X11
• POSIX and GNU utils (sh, awk, sed, perl, lynx, wget, xv/display...)

How they work

There is no magic, nor anything illegal here. These scripts will connect to filesharing service in the same way you would do it using your browser.

They will find and display the "captcha", and you will decode it interactively. Then, the script will sleep according the server instrucctions, and when the waiting time is done, download starts.

So, why you wrote them?

Having scriptable downloaders has some advantages:

• No advertisments/banners
• No need to start a resource-hungry browser
• You don't have to worry about waiting times and expiring sessions

And it's a funny exercice.

Your code is ugly

Yes, I know

Probably won't work as is on your systems, but probably you will be able to fix it without too much effort.

Note:These sites change frequently, so, the scripts may not work if I haven't used (and upgraded) them lately...

The scripts

Auxiliar shared scripts:

• Recaptcha

(Maybe) Working:

• FileBoom
• Keep2Share
• Rapidgator
• Uploaded To
• Mediafire
• Depositfiles
• Hotfile
• ZShare
• datafile
• redmp3

Currently not working:

• Uploading
• Easy-share (moved to crocko.com)
• Megaupload (old mu) (use megadl instead)
• Oron.com (server down)
• Sharingmatrix/FileSonic (server down)
• Rapidshare (server down)
• hubiC (not finished yet)

Alternatives

• Megatools
• Plowshare

Last Modified: Sept, 2016