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I have a raspberry pi 4 (2gb) set up as a file server. I was wondering if it was possible to create a tool, where when I paste a link into some sort of prompt, my raspberry Pi would download the file to it's hard drive.

Basically, it would have a input, where I paste a file link (https://example.com/example.zip) and it would download the file to a specific folder, then I could move it to my main computer when it was done, at a much higher speed.

Does this exist? / Would it be possible to create my own?

Edit: I used https://github.com/fredthedoggy/Web-PHP-Download-Manger for downloading

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    Have you tested FileRun? – Recently, I have installed and It's really geat.
    – M. Rostami
    Feb 8, 2020 at 23:22
  • @M.Rostami I tried FileRun, but do you know If I can give it a link, and it will automatically download that file?
    – Fredthedoggy
    Feb 9, 2020 at 23:06
  • Honestly, it just a file server as you said ("I have a raspberry pi 4 (2gb) set up as a file server") but I think you mean something else. The thing you are looking for is much related to download manager.
    – M. Rostami
    Feb 10, 2020 at 6:46

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sudo apt install lynx

Then use

lynx https://example.com/example.zip

Or without installing anything extra

wget https://example.com/example.zip

or

curl https://example.com/example.zip

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    curl will output to stdout by default. You should correct it to curl https://example.com/example.zip -o example.zip or curl https://example.com/example.zip > example.zip
    – Ingo
    Feb 9, 2020 at 15:00
  • or curl -O https://example.com/example.zip
    – user4556274
    Feb 9, 2020 at 15:44
  • Is it possible to make a PHP page, that asks for a link, and then when I paste one in, it executes the curl command?
    – Fredthedoggy
    Feb 9, 2020 at 23:10
  • Take a look here: php.net/manual/en/curl.examples-basic.php
    – Dougie
    Feb 10, 2020 at 0:02
  • @Dougie that just opens the file in my web browser, it doesn't download it to the server
    – Fredthedoggy
    Feb 10, 2020 at 0:15

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