Add status bar while downloading files

[sriharshakandala]

Feature request

When downloading large files, It would be very helpful to have a status bar indicating the status of the download.

cc: @Sbozzolo @charleskawczynski

[Sbozzolo]

I agree! We should check if Downloads supports it

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[charleskawczynski]

And maybe the download rate? (If this is possible)

[Sbozzolo]

I tried to look at it and I couldn't find support for this in Downloads.jl, unfortunately.

[charleskawczynski]

The progress or the download rate? (or both?)-- bummer either way

[Sbozzolo]

Downloads.jl, as far I can tell, supports no online reporting.

[imreddyTeja]

I made a very simple download progress print out here:

ClimaArtifacts/surface_temperatures/create_artifact.jl

Lines 10 to 18 in 544fe87

	function download_progress(total::Integer, now::Integer)
	if total == 0
	print("Downloaded $(round(now/10^9, digits=2)) GB \r")
	else
	print(
	"Downloaded $(round(now/10^9, digits=2)) out of $(round(total/10^9, digits=2)) GB: $(div(now * 100, total))% \r",
	)
	end
	end

That looks like this:

progress.mov

A very basic progress bar could look like:

progress_bar.mov

[Sbozzolo]

I made a very simple download progress print out here:

ClimaArtifacts/surface_temperatures/create_artifact.jl

Lines 10 to 18 in 544fe87

	function download_progress(total::Integer, now::Integer)
	if total == 0
	print("Downloaded $(round(now/10^9, digits=2)) GB \r")
	else
	print(
	"Downloaded $(round(now/10^9, digits=2)) out of $(round(total/10^9, digits=2)) GB: $(div(now * 100, total))% \r",
	)
	end
	end

That looks like this:

progress.mov
A very basic progress bar could look like:

progress_bar.mov

Awesome! I didn't see the progress argument to the Downloader object. Yes, we can build something with this

[sriharshakandala]

Thanks @imreddyTeja ! This looks good. The first version itself is good and provides the needed status information. If you prefer the second version, that's also fine!