Enable downloading multiple videos successively

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ This release switches from using `requests` to `httpx` for making http requests,
 and from threads to `asyncio` for concurrency. This enables easier
 implementation of new features, but has no breaking changes for the CLI.
 
-* Add `--rate-limit` option to `download` for limiting maximum bandwith when
+* Add `--rate-limit` option to `download` for limiting maximum bandwidth when
   downloading.
+* Allow passing multiple video ids to `download` to download multiple videos
+  successively.
 * Improved progress meter, updates on each chunk downloaded, instead of each VOD
   downloaded.
 * Improved speed estimate, displays recent speed instead of average speed since

changelog.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     easier implementation of new features, but has no breaking changes for the
     CLI.
   changes:
-    - "Add `--rate-limit` option to `download` for limiting maximum bandwith when downloading."
+    - "Add `--rate-limit` option to `download` for limiting maximum bandwidth when downloading."
+    - "Allow passing multiple video ids to `download` to download multiple videos successively."
     - "Improved progress meter, updates on each chunk downloaded, instead of each VOD downloaded."
     - "Improved speed estimate, displays recent speed instead of average speed since the start of download."
 

docs/changelog.md

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ twitch-dl changelog
 
 ### [2.0.0 (TBA)](https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl/releases/tag/2.0.0)
 
-This release switches from using `requests` to `httpx` for making http
+This release switches from using `requests` to `httpx` for making http requests,
-requests, and from threads to `asyncio` for concurrency. This enables
+and from threads to `asyncio` for concurrency. This enables easier
-easier implementation of new features, but has no breaking changes for the
+implementation of new features, but has no breaking changes for the CLI.
-CLI.
 
-
+* Add `--rate-limit` option to `download` for limiting maximum bandwidth when
-* Add `--rate-limit` option to `download` for limiting maximum bandwith when
   downloading.
+* Allow passing multiple video ids to `download` to download multiple videos
+  successively.
 * Improved progress meter, updates on each chunk downloaded, instead of each VOD
   downloaded.
 * Improved speed estimate, displays recent speed instead of average speed since

docs/commands/download.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- ------------------- generated docs start ------------------- -->
 # twitch-dl download
 
-Download a video or clip.
+Download videos or clips.
 
 ### USAGE
 
 ```
-twitch-dl download <video> [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
+twitch-dl download <videos> [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
 ```
 
 ### ARGUMENTS
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ twitch-dl download <video> [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
 <table>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
-    <td class="code">&lt;video&gt;</td>
+    <td class="code">&lt;videos&gt;</td>
-    <td>Video ID, clip slug, or URL</td>
+    <td>One or more video ID, clip slug or twitch URL to download.</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ Setting quality to `audio_only` will download only audio:
 twitch-dl download -q audio_only 221837124
 ```
 
+Download multiple videos one after the other:
+
+```
+twitch-dl download 1559928295 1557034274 1555157293 -q source
+```
+
 ### Overriding the target file name
 
 The target filename can be defined by passing the `--output` option followed by

twitchdl/commands/download.py

@@ -166,15 +166,20 @@ def _crete_temp_dir(base_uri):
 
 
 def download(args):
-    video_id = utils.parse_video_identifier(args.video)
+    for video in args.videos:
+        download_one(video, args)
+
+
+def download_one(video, args):
+    video_id = utils.parse_video_identifier(video)
     if video_id:
         return _download_video(video_id, args)
 
-    clip_slug = utils.parse_clip_identifier(args.video)
+    clip_slug = utils.parse_clip_identifier(video)
     if clip_slug:
         return _download_clip(clip_slug, args)
 
-    raise ConsoleError("Invalid input: {}".format(args.video))
+    raise ConsoleError("Invalid input: {}".format(video))
 
 
 def _get_clip_url(clip, quality):

twitchdl/console.py

@@ -158,11 +158,12 @@ COMMANDS = [
     ),
     Command(
         name="download",
-        description="Download a video or clip.",
+        description="Download videos or clips.",
         arguments=[
-            (["video"], {
+            (["videos"], {
-                "help": "Video ID, clip slug, or URL",
+                "help": "One or more video ID, clip slug or twitch URL to download.",
                 "type": str,
+                "nargs": "+",
             }),
             (["-w", "--max-workers"], {
                 "help": "Maximal number of threads for downloading vods "