get-aria2

This package contains a tool that will download the latest version of aria2 from GitHub.

NPM

If the package is added as a dependency in another node module (npm install get-aria2) it will write the aria2c binary to node_modules/.bin. If installed globally (npm install -g get-aria2) the binary will be added to your PATH so you can use aria2c on the command line.

To use with a proxy set the "HTTP_PROXY" environment variable. Example: HTTP_PROXY=http://blah-blah:2323.

All platforms but linux are downloaded from "aria2/aria2". Linux is downloaded from "q3aql/aria2-static-builds".

Command-Line

This package also contains a tool for downloading aria2 on different platforms.

The syntax is: get-aria2 [destination] [arguments]

Argument	Alias	Description
--platform	-p	Platform to download for. "win32" (windows), "darwin" (mac), "linux" and "android" are supported.
--arch	-a	Architecture to download for. "x64", "x32" or "arm" Are supported. See below.
--chmod	-c	Does chmod 777 on the binary making it executab
--ext	-e	Adds ".exe" to the path for the binary if on windows.
--quiet	-q	Is silent except for errors.

Example: get-aria2 win-32-aria2 -p win32 -a x32 -e

Will download aria2c to ./win-32-aria2.exe.

If no destination is provided will write to stdout.

Platform/Architecture

• "darwin" (mac) - only supports "x64".
• "win32" (windows) - supports "x32" and "x64".
• "linux" - supports "x32", "x64" and "arm". Using "arm" with "linux" will download a binary built for the RaspberryPi.
• "android" - only supports "arm".

Using any combination not listed above will result in an error.

By default it will use your current platform and architecture.

Programmatic Usage

This package contains a getAria2(platform, arch) function which will return a Stream containing the binary.

You can also programmatically get the path to aria2c by calling aria2cPath().

Documentation is available under docs/. A copy of the documentation is available online here.

Tests

Tests are written in mocha. Run npm test.