mozdownload is a python package which handles downloading of Mozilla applications.
The mozdownload
command will download the application based on the provided
command line options.
Download the latest official Firefox release for your platform:
mozdownload --version=latest
Download the latest Firefox Aurora build for Windows (32bit):
mozdownload --type=daily --branch=mozilla-aurora --platform=win32
Download the latest official Thunderbird release for your platform:
mozdownload --application=thunderbird --version=latest
Download the latest Earlybird build for Linux (64bit):
mozdownload --application=thunderbird --type=daily --branch=comm-aurora --platform=linux64
Download this README file:
mozdownload --url=https://raw.github.com/mozilla/mozdownload/master/README.md
Download a file from a URL protected with basic authentication:
mozdownload --url=http://example.com/secrets.txt --username=admin --password=password
Run mozdownload --help
for detailed information on the command line options.
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a APPLICATION, --application=APPLICATION
The name of the application to download, default: "firefox"
-d DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
Target directory for the download, default: current working
directory
--build-number=BUILD_NUMBER
Number of the build (for candidate, daily, and tinderbox builds)
-l LOCALE, --locale=LOCALE
Locale of the application, default: "en-US"
-p PLATFORM, --platform=PLATFORM
Platform of the application
-t BUILD_TYPE, --type=BUILD_TYPE
Type of build to download, default: "release"
--url=URL URL to download.
Note: Reserved characters (such as &) must be escaped or put in
quotes otherwise CLI output may be abnormal.
-v VERSION, --version=VERSION
Version of the application to be used by release and candidate
builds, i.e. "3.6"
--extension=EXTENSION File extension of the build (e.g. "zip"), default: the standard build
extension on the platform.
--username=USERNAME Username for basic HTTP authentication.
--password=PASSWORD Password for basic HTTP authentication.
--retry-attempts=RETRY_ATTEMPTS
Number of times the download will be attempted in the event of a
failure, default: 3
--retry-delay=RETRY_DELAY
Amount of time (in seconds) to wait between retry attempts,
default: 10
--timeout=TIMEOUT Amount of time (in seconds) until download times out
Candidate builds: Extra options for candidate builds.
--no-unsigned Don't allow to download unsigned builds if signed builds are not
available
Daily builds: Extra options for daily builds.
--branch=BRANCH Name of the branch, default: "mozilla-central"
--build-id=BUILD_ID ID of the build to download
--date=DATE Date of the build, default: latest build
Tinderbox builds: Extra options for tinderbox builds.
--debug-build Download a debug build
To run the tests, run ./run_tests.py
.