Daniel Koudouna daniel-koudouna

henrik / 1-progressive_downloader.ex

Last active December 4, 2020 05:41

Example of progressive downloading with HTTPotion, showing percentage and downloaded bytes as you go.

	defmodule ProgressiveDownloader do
	def run do
	url = "https://ia600308.us.archive.org/2/items/HealthYo1953/HealthYo1953_512kb.mp4"

	HTTPotion.get url, stream_to: self, timeout: :infinity

	receive_data(total_bytes: :unknown, data: "")
	end

	defp receive_data(total_bytes: total_bytes, data: data) do