pip install dload

!pip install git+https://github.com/regtm/dload.git

import dload

dload.save('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/800px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg', '~/einstein.jpg')  

dload.ftp('ftp://speedtest.tele2.net/5MB.zip', '~/5MB.zip') 

dload.bytes('https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/800px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg')

dload.json("https://support.oneskyapp.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/202761627/example_1.json")

dload.headers("https://support.oneskyapp.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/202761627/example_1.json")

dload.text("https://www.w3.org/TR/PNG/iso_8859-1.txt")

file_list = ["https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/contrib/firefox-0.8-i386-pc-solaris2.8.tar.gz",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/contrib/firefox-0.8-i386-unknown-netbsdelf1.6.tar.bz2",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/1.0.6/linux-i686/da-DK/firefox-1.0.6.tar.gz",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/1.0.6/linux-i686/da-DK/firefox-1.0.6.installer.tar.gz",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/contrib/firefox-0.8-i686-pc-linux-gnu-ctl-svg.tar.gz",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/contrib/firefox-0.8-sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gtk2.tar.gz",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/contrib/firefox-os2-0.8.zip",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/FirefoxSetup-0.8.exe",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/Firefox-0.8.zip",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/0.8/firefox-source-0.8.tar.bz2",
             "https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/1.0.6/win32/cs-CZ/Firefox%20Setup%201.0.6.exe"]`

save_multi(file_list, "d:/test_dowmload/", max_threads=10)

file_list = "d:/file_list.txt"
save_multi(file_list, "d:/test_download_text/", max_threads=10)

dload.speed_test()
dload.speed_test(10)
dload.speed_test(50, "ipv6")
dload.speed_test(1024, port=8080)

[==============================] 61.34037 Mbps
100MB = 17.10 seconds

dload.save_unzip("https://file-examples.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/zip_2MB.zip")

dload.git_clone("https://github.com/x011/dload.git")

bytes(url)
    Returns the remote file as a byte obj
    :param url: str - url to download
    :return: bytes

down_speed(size=5, ipv='ipv4', port=80)
    Measures the download speed
    :param size: int -  (optional) 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 512, 1024 Mb
    :param ipv: str - (optional) ipv4, ipv6
    :param port: int - (optional) 80, 81, 8080
    :return: boolean

ftp(ftp_url, local_path='', overwrite=False)
    Download and save an FTP file
    :param url: str - ftp://ftp.server.tld/path/to/file.ext or ftp://username:[email protected]/path/to/file.ext
    :param localpath: str - (optional) local path to save the file, i.e.: /home/myfile.ext or c:/myfile.ext
    :param overwrite: bool - (optional) If True the local file will be overwritten, False will skip the download
    :return: str - local path of the downloaded file

git_clone(git_url, clone_dir='')
    Clones a git repo to local computer
    :param git_url: str - git url, ex: https://github.com/x011/dload.git
    :param clone_dir: str - (optional) local dir to clone the git, ex: /path/to/dload/ or c:/repos/dload/, defaults to repo name on script dir
    :return: str - path to local repo dir or an empty tring

headers(url, redirect=True)
    Returns the reply headers as a dict
    :param url: str - url to retrieve the reply headers
    :param redirect: boolean - (optional) should we follow redirects?
    :return: dict

json(url)
    Returns the remote file as a dict
    :param url: str - url to retrieve the json
    :return: dict

rand_fn()
    provides a random filename when it's impossible to determine the filename, i.e.: http://site.tld/dir/
    :return: str

save(url, path='', overwrite=False)
    Download and save a remote file
    :param url: str - file url to download
    :param path: str - (optional) Full path to save the file, ex: c:/test.txt or /home/test.txt.
    Defaults to script location and url filename
    :param overwrite: bool - (optional)  If True the local file will be overwritten, False will skip the download
    :return: str - The full path of the downloaded file or an empty string

save_multi(url_list, dir='', max_threads=1, tsleep=0.05)
    Multi threaded file downloader
    :param url_list: str or list - A python list or a path to a text file containing the urls to be downloaded
    :param dir: str - (optional) Directory to save the files, will be created if it doesn't exist
    :param max_threads: int - (optional)  Max number of parallel downloads
    :param tsleep: int or float - (optional)  time to sleep in seconds when the max_threads value is reached, i.e: 0.05 or 1 is accepted
    :return: boolean

save_unzip(zip_url, extract_path='', delete_after=False)
    Save and Extract a remote zip
    :param zip_url: str - the zip file url to download
    :param extract_path: str - (optional) the path to extract the zip file, defaults to local dir
    :param delete_after: bool - (optional) if the zip file should be deleted after, defaults to False
    :return: str - the extract path or an empty string

text(url, encoding='')
    Returns the remote file as a string
    :param url: str - url to retrieve the text content
    :param encoding: str - (optional) character encoding
    :return: str