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#!/usr/bin/ruby -w

require "xmlrpc/client"
require "fileutils"

# Initiate an aria2 xml-rpc server
command = "aria2c --disable-ipv6=true --enable-xml-rpc --xml-rpc-listen-port=6801"
FileUtils.mkdir_p('/tmp/aria2')
pid = Process.spawn(command, :chdir=>'/tmp/aria2', STDOUT=>'/dev/null', STDIN=>'/dev/null')
puts "Process aria2 spawned (pid %d)" % pid

begin
	# Connect to aria2
	sleep 3 # quick-n-dirty hack to make sure the server is ready to serve
	puts "Connect to server..."
	client = XMLRPC::Client.new3({:host => '127.0.0.1', :port => 6801, :path => '/rpc'})
	version = client.call('aria2.getVersion')['version']
	puts "Version: aria2 %s" % version

# Add a very small file to download
	uri = 'http://www.google.com/favicon.ico'
	puts "Add very small file to download: %s" % uri
	gid = client.call('aria2.addUri', [uri])
	puts "Files:"
	p client.call('aria2.getFiles', gid)

while sleep 1
		status = client.call('aria2.tellStatus', gid)
		break if status['status'] == 'complete'
		p status
	end
	puts ""

puts "List of files for finished download:"
	p client.call('aria2.getFiles', gid)
	puts ""
rescue
	p $!
ensure
	# Kill server
	puts "Send kill signal TERM to pid %d" % pid
	Process.kill('TERM', pid)
	puts ""
end