Crazy idea for new feature - Command Line Switches

[petenun]

I know this is the height of laziness, but I was just thinking how awesome it would be to be able to schedule downloads via Windows Task Scheduler. I'm not suggesting that the GUI be eliminated. In fact, it's really awesome the way it is. I'm just thinking that adding command line option would be a nice addition that would allow one to automate daily tasks.

I'm imagining running CRD.exe with command line parameters that would enable refreshing and download. So for example, running "CRD.EXE /RefreshHistory /AddToQueue" would launch the executable, perform the specified actions using the configuration parameters as configured in the GUI, then once completed, the program would exit, all without requiring user input or interaction. This command-line option would also allow you to create a Windows Scheduled Task to be automatically executed on one's own schedule.

The ultimate goal would be for downloads to happen in the background, with new episodes appearing in the download directory on a daily basis.

I told you it was a lazy suggestion. 😂

[Elwador]

1. --headless - starts without UI (you can't use the downloader with conmand line inputs)
2. --historyRefreshAll - refresh the history on startup
3. --historyAddToQueue - add all new missing episodes to queue
4. --exit - exit the downloader after all commandline tasks are finished

[petenun]

Wow! That's amazing for you to add this feature! Can commands be daisy-chained within the same command, or do they need to be issued in subsequent commands, like in a batch file?

Example:

crd.exe --headless --historyrefreshall --historyaddtoqueue --exit

vs

crd.exe --headless
crd.exe --historyrefreshall
crd.exe --historyaddtoqueue
crd.exe --exit

[Elwador]

one command - crd.exe --headless --historyRefreshAll --historyAddToQueue --exit

[petenun]

Cool. I'll give it a try this afternoon. 😊

[petenun]

This is working perfectly and is really awesome. I configured a Windows Scheduled Task to execute the full command on a timed schedule. I just kicked it off manually and it executed exactly as expected. You are a genius @Elwador !!