# Free(-ish) tool to pull downloads from all links on a web page **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 19, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651 "2010-02-19T17:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/1 "2010-02-19T17:57:42Z")
As the title suggests … Imagine I’ve browsed to a page which has a bunch of links to non-page files. Instead they link to docs or images or whatever. I want to download each of those items in turn to a folder on my PC. And since the document’s names are often cyrptic to useless, I’d like the filename on the PC to include the verbiage from the \ tag. So ideally I’d have a dialog box which asks which extensions to save and whether to include the link text in the saved file name. Supply answers, click [OK] and away it goes. This would be easy enough to dev up but I’m expecting somebody has already done it. Any suggestions? [aside] IIRC we had a thread a year or more ago where somebody asked for something close this & got some decent answers. But I can’t Google it out of the boards since all the terms I can think of are waaay too common. Quick, how many threads include the word “download”? Answer: ~ 2300 [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/2 "2010-02-19T18:02:04Z")
I think you’re describing [DownthemAll](http://www.downthemall.net/). ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/3 "2010-02-19T18:03:26Z")
The Firefox add-on _Download Them All_ will do this. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/4 "2010-02-19T19:53:04Z")
Flashget does that too > **[Best Download Manager - FlashGet](https://www.flashget.com/en/download.htm)** > > The Best Download Manager ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/5 "2010-02-19T22:02:43Z")
Can it also sort my [del]porn[/del] files by content? And masturbate for me? I’d do it myself, but I’m busy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/6 "2010-02-20T00:37:07Z")
And, while we’re here, if you want the entire website, you can use [HTTrack](http://www.httrack.com/). I’ve used that for when there is an index page(s) that organize the files better than I could, like, say, an image gallery. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/7 "2010-02-20T15:02:48Z")
Thanks all. And no, it’s not for pr0n. Although I half-suspect my denial will be seen as proof of guilt by some. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/8 "2010-02-21T16:49:59Z")
Another recommendation for the “DownThemAll” Firefox addon. I have had very good success with it. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/9 "2010-02-21T17:14:14Z")
Huh. So am I the only person who’s first thought was wget? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ish-tool-to-pull-downloads-from-all-links-on-a-web-page/529651/10 "2010-02-21T18:16:13Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Huh. So am I the only person who’s first thought was wget? pavuk or nothing, infidel! 😉 Nah, wget is a great tool. I use it quite often myself.