SVG_REPO Pack Downloader - a small personal tool that will allow you to download an icon pack from SVG Repo with the CLI.

Nota bene: this repository is based on its original from Allan Cerveaux but contains numerous bug fixes - including using wget instead of a headless Firefox browser for the actual download. Additionally, it allows svg_repo_dl to be run from within a Docker container - this avoids polluting your local PC with Python stuff you may not need if you aren't a regular Python programmer.

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Requirements

You may either install (and run) this downloader locally or run it within a Docker container. Python programmers may prefer the first variant while all others may prefer the Docker solution.

To run the downloader from your local environment you will need

• Python 3
• Selenium
• Progress

otherwise you should install Docker first (which will remain useful in the future if you plan to experiment with other unknown software as well and still want to protect your PC)

Local Installation

(scroll down for the Docker-based solution)

Follow these steps:

1. Clone the repo
   git clone https://github.com/rozek/svg_repo_dl
2. Go in folder
   cd svg_repo_dl
3. And run install.sh
   sh install.sh

Local Usage

$ svgrepodl [URL] --path[-p]
$ svgrepodl --help # Show all commands
$ svgrepodl https://www.svgrepo.com/collection/role-playing-game/ # Run downloader

The program saves the icons in /home/Documents/icons/.

Enjoy !

Nota bene: SVG Repo seems to be slow - perhaps because of a massive interest in their icons. As a consequence, it may take a while to load one of their HTML pages. This script takes this time into account by waiting for 15 (fifteen!) seconds before analyzing a requested web page. Your mileage may vary, but the author had good results with that long delay (and less success with shorter ones)

In order to determine whether all icons could be downloaded or SVG Repo just did not respond in time, the number of successfully loaded icons is printed on the console - just compare that count with the promised number of icons in the collection of your interest.

Docker Usage

Make sure that you have Docker installed - for most people, the Docker Desktop will be the best solution.

The following steps have to be taken to run svgrepodl encapsulated within a Docker container:

1. clone the repo
   git clone https://github.com/rozek/svg_repo_dl
2. navigate to the repository folder
   cd svg_repo_dl
3. build a Docker image
   docker build -t svg_repo_dl .
4. then run that image in order to download the desired icon collection
   docker run --rm -v <local-download-folder>:/transfer -e COLLECTION=<name-of-desired-collection> -t svg_repo_dl

In the docker run command you should replace the following placeholders with your actual values:

• <local-download-folder> - should be replaced with the actual path of the folder you want the icons downloaded into
• <name-of-desired-collection> - should be replaced with the name of the desired icon collection (e.g., dazzle-line-icons)

As described above, it may take several attempts until all icons of a given collection could be successfully downloaded. If the final download count is less than the expected number of icons, just repeat step 4 as often as you like.

In the end, you may remove the image from step 3 and free any resources it occupied - if need be, you may even delete your local clone of the svg_repo_dl repository as well.

License

The MIT License (MIT) 2020 - Callan, Please have a look at the License for more details.