Usage

python -m wget [options]

options:
-o --output FILE|DIR output filename or directory

API Usage

import wget
url = 'http://www.futurecrew.com/skaven/song_files/mp3/razorback.mp3'
filename = wget.download(url)
100% [................................................] 3841532 / 3841532>

filename
'razorback.mp3'

The skew that you see above is a documented side effect.
Alternative progress bar:

wget.download(url, bar=bar_thermometer)

ChangeLog

3.2 (2015-10-22)

download(url) can again be unicode on Python 2.7
https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-wget/issues/8

3.1 (2015-10-18)

it saves unknown files under download.wget filename
https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-wget/issues/6
it prints unicode chars to Windows console
it downloads unicode urls with Python 3

3.0 (2015-10-17)

it can download and save unicode filenames
https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/python-wget/issues/7

2.2 (2014-07-19)

it again can download without -o option

2.1 (2014-07-10)

it shows command line help
-o option allows to select output file/directory
- download(url, out, bar) contains out parameter

2.0 (2013-04-26)

it shows percentage
it has usage examples
it changes if being used as a library
- download shows progress bar by default
- bar_adaptive gets improved algorithm
- download(url, bar) contains bar parameter
  - bar(current, total)
- progress_callback is named callback_progress

1.0 (2012-11-13)

it runs with Python 3

0.9 (2012-11-13)

it renames file if it already exists
it can be used as a library
- download(url) returns filename
- bar_adaptive() draws progress bar
- bar_thermometer() simplified bar

0.8 (2011-05-03)

it detects filename from HTTP headers

0.7 (2011-03-01)

compatibility fix for Python 2.5
limit width of progress bar to 100 chars

0.6 (2010-04-24)

it detects console width on POSIX

0.5 (2010-04-23)

it detects console width on Windows

0.4 (2010-04-15)

it shows cute progress bar

0.3 (2010-04-05)

it creates temp file in current dir

0.2 (2010-02-16)

it tries to detect filename from URL

0.1 (2010-02-04)

it can download file

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anatoly techtonik techtonik@gmail.com

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