Open Shop Channel DL

OSC-DL is an advanced Python 3 command line utility for obtaining homebrew from the Open Shop Channel repository, and scraping it's contents.

Currently, the following features are implemented:

• Listing all apps on the remote repository.
• Obtaining and parsing metadata.
• Downloading individual apps or the entire repository.

Installing OSC-DL

I recommend using the latest release build, as it's a onefile variation of the program useful for avoiding dependency hell.

Manual Download:

Make sure Python 3 is installed and used.

1. git clone https://github.com/dhtdht020/osc-dl.git
2. cd osc-dl
3. pip3 install -r requirements.txt
4. python3 osc-dl.py

Manual Download of GUI:

1. git clone https://github.com/dhtdht020/osc-dl.git
2. cd osc-dl
3. pip3 install -r requirements_GUI.txt
4. python3 xosc_dl.py

Downloading Homebrew (get command)

You can download homebrew from the Open Shop Channel by using osc-dl get

Example usage: osc-dl get -n wiixplorer

The following arguments can be used

• -n / --name Required. Name of homebrew app to download
• -c / --noconfirm Disable download confirmation message after application metadata displays.
• -o / --output Output file name.

Homebrew Metadata (meta command)

You can obtain visual metadata or metadata items about homebrew applications in the Open Shop Channel by using osc-dl meta

Example usage: osc-dl meta -n wiixplorer

Example output:

=========== Application Metadata ===========
Application: WiiXplorer

Developer: Dimok
Version: r259
Description: Wii File Browser
============================================

Example usage: osc-dl meta -n wiixplorer -t version

Example output:

r259

The following arguments can be used

• -n / --name Required. Name of homebrew app to obtain metadata for.
• -t / --type Type of metadata to obtain (display_name, developer, version, short_description, long_description, release_date, contributors)
• -o / --output Output file name.

List Homebrew (list command)

You can list the names of all homebrew on the Open Shop Channel repository by using osc-dl list

Example usage: osc-dl list

Currently, there are no arguments, although a way to filter the results or save to a file is planned.

Querying Homebrew (query command)

You can search homebrew available on the Open Shop Channel by using osc-dl query

Example usage: osc-dl query -n wiixplorer

This command is unfinished, and can currently only check for exact matches.

The following arguments can be used

• -n / --name Required. Name of homebrew app to query.
• -v / --verify Caused query to return "True" if the app is present and "False" if it isn't.

Download Everything (get-all command)

This command was intended for debugging, and we don't recommend using it, as it might have an unexpected behaviour.

Example usage: osc-dl get-all

This command is not maintained nor supported, and although specified in help, setting output directory is not possible at the time.