download using an aria deamon

download_via_aria2p.py

import aria2p


# parellel run:
# aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-listen-all
# Spawn aria server
import subprocess
subprocess.call(['gnome-terminal', '-e', 'aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-listen-all'])


aria2 = aria2p.API(aria2p.Client(host="http://localhost",
                                 port=6800,
                                 secret="" ))

def download(url, directory, filename):
    aria2.add_uris([url], dict(dir=directory, auto_file_renaming=False, out=filename))
    
    
#check complete list
import time
while True:
    status = aria2.get_stats()
    print(status.num_stopped_total,
          '/',
          status.num_active + status.num_waiting + status.num_stopped_total, 
          round(status.download_speed/1024/1024, 2),"MiB/s",
          end="\r")
    time.sleep(0.5) 
    if status.num_waiting < 1: 
        break