Tool to download thumbnails of files from Wikimedia Commons

This tool can be used either by passing the filenames or by using a file list.

Just list the files we want to download.

download_from_Wikimedia_Commons.py Example.jpg Example_ka.png

You can set the width of the thumbnail by using the --width argument:

download_from_Wikimedia_Commons.py --width 50 Example.jpg Example_ka.png

The file list must be formated as following, with one file per line, and filename,width:

Example.jpg,100
Example ka.png,80

Then use the --list argument:

download_from_Wikimedia_Commons.py --list list.txt

By default, the tool downloads the files in the current directory.

This can be changed using the --output flag with a valid path.

download_from_Wikimedia_Commons.py Example.jpg --output some/path/

By default, the tool does not display anything it logs (through logging).

You can increase the verbosity level with the -v flag: use -v to display INFO-level messages, -vv for DEBUG-level messages.

Easiest way to install is to use pip:

pip install git+git://github.com/JeanFred/CommonsDownloader.git#egg=CommonsDownloader

Alternatively, you can clone the repository and install it using setuptools:

python setup.py install

This will install the executable script download_from_Wikimedia_Commons.py

MIT license