fdroidserver.net module

fdroidserver.net.download_file(url, local_filename=None, dldir='tmp', retries=3, backoff_factor=0.1)

fdroidserver.net.http_get(url, etag=None, timeout=600)

Download the content from the given URL by making a GET request.

If an ETag is given, it will do a HEAD request first, to see if the content changed.

Parameters:

url

The URL to download from.

etag

The last ETag to be used for the request (optional).

Returns:

A tuple consisting of:

• The raw content that was downloaded or None if it did not change

• The new eTag as returned by the HTTP request