[Feature Request] Method to have no paths when downloading

[MattSidney]

Is there a method to specify no paths when downloading? I noticed there is the --nopaths option for verify but wondering if it is possible to do the same when downloading.
Ideally I want remove the top level folder when downloading an item so that I can specify the final directory for the files.

Otherwise can this be done with a search method? so just return specific file formats maybe..

[ProximaNova]

I haven't tested this, but here is a starting point:

https://github.com/john-corcoran/internetarchive-downloader/blob/main/ia_downloader.py#L410
dest_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.join(output_folder, identifier), ia_file_name)
->
dest_file_path = os.path.join(output_folder, ia_file_name)

https://github.com/john-corcoran/internetarchive-downloader/blob/main/ia_downloader.py#L1106
identifier_output_folder = os.path.join(output_folder, identifier)
if (
os.path.isdir(identifier_output_folder)
and len(file_paths_in_folder(identifier_output_folder)) > 0
):
->
if (
os.path.isdir(output_folder)
and len(file_paths_in_folder(output_folder)) > 0
):

Question:
There is os.path.join(output_folder, identifier), but would this work: os.path(output_folder)?

[ProximaNova]

I commented out destdir=output_folder,:

                            internetarchive.download(
                                identifier,
                                files=[ia_file_name],
#-                                destdir=output_folder,
                                on_the_fly=True,
                            )

I commented out other stuff too, but it seems that the "destdir=output_folder" part is what did it. See this file which is a modified version of ia downloader which works to do the thing in the OP (it might get moved around/renamed to something/somewhere else in repo "ia-to-ipfs"):
https://github.com/ProximaNova/ia-to-ipfs/blob/main/ignore/ia_dl_working_errors.py

[ProximaNova]

Can confirm that merely commenting out "destdir=output_folder," will do it (you get files in such a folder), but you get errors. Implementing code edits from #8 (comment) results in less bad errors/warnings. Todo - fix "ia_dl_working_errors.py" so it doesn't return the non-info parts below at the end of stdout:

2023-03-06 22:32:50 - INFO - Download phase complete for item '[ia_item_here]'
2023-03-06 22:32:50 - WARNING - No item folders were found in provided data folder '[ia_item_here]' - make sure the parent download folder was provided rather than the item subfolder (e.g. provide '/downloads/' rather than '/downloads/item/'
2023-03-06 22:32:50 - ERROR - No metadata found in cache - verification cannot be performed
2023-03-06 22:32:50 - WARNING - Script complete; 2 warnings/errors occurred requiring review (see log entries above, replicated in folder 'ia_downloader_logs')

[ProximaNova]

"I commented out other stuff too" refers to this version:
ProximaNova/ia-to-ipfs@f7baabd

"Todo - fix ..." - I guess this would not be a hard fix as it would be done by removing references to a certain parent folder.

Currently "ia_dl_working_errors.py" (ProximaNova/ia-to-ipfs@86621a1) is a replacement to do something differently; it is not a modification where more options are gained. The latter might be the best outcome if I or anyone wants to make it happen.