Different Download Types (e.g. http/ftp)?

[sab12397]

A bit outside the scope but would be a great addition. 

Make it possible so you can add http / https and ftp URLs to the queue - a sort of browser page for wget with resume features and multiple parts?

On the SAB home page have a Add Generic URL option where you type in the URL and then SAB adds it to the queue just like a normal entry.  To avoid confusion rename the current Add URL heading to Add NewzBin URL etc.

I can't find a web browser option for wget so it would be quite a unique feature.

TIA

[shypike]

Please explain this in more detail.
I don't really understand what you want.

[djclean]

I guess what he means is that let's say i find a file on a webpage http://xxxxxxxxx/file.stupid.exe

I go to SABnzbd and add the URL and SABnzbd then executes a program as in:
wget http://xxxxxxxxx/file.stupid.exe

and then puts the file in the completes folder.

(Personal Opinion Mode)
Personally i don't see this as a usefull addition to sabnzbd cause you can also run a program as wget yourself pretty easily

Open a new screen type in wget http://xxxxxxxxx/file.stupid.exe and done.

(/Personal Opinion Mode)

[sab12397]

Please explain this in more detail.
I don't really understand what you want.

You tell SAB you want http://xxxxxxxx/somefile.zip and it adds it to the queue.  It then according to the schedule it starts downloading the file with a configurable number of parts.  If the queue entry is paused it allows you to resume the file.  A sort of Download Manager but with a web interface.

I know its a bit unrelated to USENET but a web interface that does something similar to wget  (or is just a frontend to wget if needed) would be a great addition and certainly be complimentary.

I have managed to find wget4web but the interface is dated, does not have the functionality of SAB and so on. 

An initial release does not need to have all the functionality in one go, see what other users think of it with just a basic pause/resume and scheduling option and then add multiple parts and so on.

Doing a quick search on "python wget" brings back suggestions like urllib2 and httplib2 which may half do the job.

"Open a new screen type in wget http://xxxxxxxxx/file.stupid.exe and done."

That is great if you are at a screen/computer and can wait until it is finished (not everyone has 100Mb/s connections to the web!) but it does not provide the user interface, scheduling ability and other functionality suggested?

[inpheaux]

I believe this would be outside of the scope of what we want sabnzbd to do. We're trying to make something that's a newsreader, and nothing but a newsreader, not a super-generalized swiss-army-knife that does everything under the sun.

[shypike]

This is already possible.
Just type a URL in the box marked "Add Report-id / URL".