Batch Downloading
Batch downloads are an easy way to download whole ranges of files.
You simply define where to start, where to end and optionally a stepwidth.
- Click
Add URL(s)
button available from the Manager window - Fill in URL, renaming mask, download folder and optionally a referrer.
- Modify your URL to use batch descriptors as described below.
- Feel free to add even more batch descriptors, but keep in mind that downloading huge ammounts of files will slow down DownThemAll! and overall Firefox performance.
Batch descriptors
A batch descriptor might look as following:
[start:end]
[start:end:step]
Variable | Meaning |
---|---|
start | Either a number or a single character saying where to start the range. |
end |
Either a number or a single character saying where to end the range. dTa! will process that range inclusive end .
|
step | Use this to define which items between start and end you would like to download. |
start
and end
must be of the same type (numerical, lowercase character, uppercase character).
Examples
These batch descriptors will work.
Descriptor | Result |
---|---|
[1:100] | 1 to 100 |
[01:100] | 01 to 100 |
[001:100] | 001 to 100 |
[1:100:2] | 1, 3, 5, ... |
[0:100:3] | 0, 3, 6, ... |
[-100:100] | -100, -99, ..., 99, 100 |
[100:-5:-1] | 100 to -5 |
[100:-0100:2] | 0100, 0098, ..., -0099, -0100 |
[a:z] | a to z |
[F:K] | F to K |
[a:e:2] | a, c, e |
Descriptor | Result |
---|---|
[1:-100] | Negative Range |
[1:100:-1] | Negative as well |
[1:a] | Types different |
[A:a] | Types different |
[1:2:a] | step must be numeric |