node-jdownloader

node-jdownloader

Why ?

Control JDownloader from Nodejs via the 'Remote Control' plugin

No more hassle with one-click download websites !

Getting started

npm install node-jdownloader

then,

var JDownloader = require('node-jdownloader')
var jdownloader = new JDownloader.Client("localhost", 10025, "admin", "admin")
jdownloader.get_speed(function(speed){  console.log("Woohoo! " + speed + "Kbps !!"); })

Run npm test node-jdownloader and read the output specs

Developing node-jdownloader

Editing, testing

node-jdownloader is written in CoffeeScript, a nice little language that compiles to Javascript

To get all the development and runtime dependencies installed, run npm link

Edit the source files in src/ and the tests in test-src.

Then run npm test to compile the files and run the tests. You should see output like this:

npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@0.3.12
npm info using node@v0.4.1
npm info pretest node-jdownloader@0.1.0
npm info test node-jdownloader@0.1.0

♢ node-jdownloader

  when getting the RemoteControl help page
    ✓ it should succeed and explain itself
 
✓ OK » 1 honored (0.001s)
npm info posttest node-jdownloader@0.1.0
npm ok

Installing JDownloader on a Debian server:

Download site: https://launchpad.net/~jd-team

add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
apt-get update
apt-get install jdownloader

Using VNC to visually check JDownloader status (port 5900 by default):

Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1280x1024x16 &
export DISPLAY=:1
x11vnc -display :1 -usepw -xkb -ncache 10 &
fluxbox & # if necessary
jdownloader --hide &

Other tips :

• The testsuite is run against a RemoteControl plugin of version 12612 http://localhost:10025/get/rcversion to get it
• To upgrade the plugin, start JDownloader with -branch NIGHTLY in the command-line. The branch is pretty stable in my experience.
• Launch JDownloader with --hide to prevent Linkgrabber confirmations blocking it: cd ~/.jdownloader; java -Xmx512M -jar JDownloader.jar --hide
• JDownloader default ports: Webinterface => 8765, Remote control => 10025
• JDownloader forums
• JDownloader wiki
• Ruby bindings by JP Hastings-Spital
• npm edit <dependency>

TODO / Issues

TBD

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 Mathieu Ravaux

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.