Safari Download Station Extension

[Ting_tong]

Amazing thanks. How about with .torrent files already on your hard drive?

I don't have any plans for that. Why would you want to download the .torrent files to your hard drive if you can send them directly to your DiskStation?

2 reasons. Sometimes I get .torrent files emailed to me as a file.

More importantly some private trackers do not let you right click on a "download torrent" file to have a direct link to the torrent. Instead their server takes a number of jumps before you get the true torrent file.

Here is an example. As you can see the plug-in doesn't even detect that it is a torrent file:

[LuukD]

This is very handy. Thanks!

One suggestion I would make would be to not display seeding torrents. Once it is done downloading I don't really care to check the status and with the multiple pages I have of seeding torrents the list in your extension doesn't show me anything but what I have seeding.

Thanks for your feedback! I understand that the download list isn't very useful if you're seeding many torrents. I think I'll add an option to hide seeding torrents in the next update

Amazing thanks. How about with .torrent files already on your hard drive?

I don't have any plans for that. Why would you want to download the .torrent files to your hard drive if you can send them directly to your DiskStation?

2 reasons. Sometimes I get .torrent files emailed to me as a file.

More importantly some private trackers do not let you right click on a "download torrent" file to have a direct link to the torrent. Instead their server takes a number of jumps before you get the true torrent file.

Here is an example. As you can see the plug-in doesn't even detect that it is a torrent file:

Now I understand your point . If there are more users who would like to be able to upload torrents, please post it here!
The interface to the Download Station application that's being used by the extension has no documentation and I don't know if it's possible to use that interface to upload torrent files.

Don't expect it in the near future, but if there are more people who would like this feature and if I can find a way to do it, I might add it .

[Sylver]

Now I understand your point . If there are more users who would like to be able to upload torrents, please post it here!
The interface to the Download Station application that's being used by the extension has no documentation and I don't know if it's possible to use that interface to upload torrent files.

Don't expect it in the near future, but if there are more people who would like this feature and if I can find a way to do it, I might add it .

Hi, nice plugin
I'm the author of SynoDS, an application to control the download station from the iPhone/iPad !
Adding a download task from a binary file that is a torrent or nzb it possible (I do it in my application)
You can use "Charles Proxy" application if you want to spy data exchanges between the download station web interface and the Synology device if needed
Basically it is a post request to /download/downloadman.cgi for DSM3.0 and below and /webman/modules/DownloadStation/dlm/downloadman.cgi for 3.1 and newer (use charles proxy for details about the post parameters )
Sylver

[Johans]

Amazing - i have wanted something like this for a long time.

You actually deserve a small donation for your great work. Post your paypal!

[LuukD]

I thought I'd answered these question, but apparently my post wasn't submitted correctly..

Hi, nice plugin
I'm the author of SynoDS, an application to control the download station from the iPhone/iPad !
Adding a download task from a binary file that is a torrent or nzb it possible (I do it in my application)
You can use "Charles Proxy" application if you want to spy data exchanges between the download station web interface and the Synology device if needed
Basically it is a post request to /download/downloadman.cgi for DSM3.0 and below and /webman/modules/DownloadStation/dlm/downloadman.cgi for 3.1 and newer (use charles proxy for details about the post parameters )
Sylver

That's a great iPhone and iPad app . Thanks for the advise about the Charles Proxy application, I will look at it when I've got some more time!
At the moment the extension uses the download_redirector.cgi url for all communication with DSM. Do you know if this url has the same options as the downloadman.cgi url's? The download_redirector.cgi url works as far as I know on all DSM versions, so it doesn't require a version check.

It would be nice if Synology had an API / documentation about the Download Station interface.

Amazing - i have wanted something like this for a long time.

You actually deserve a small donation for your great work. Post your paypal!

I'm glad to hear you like the extension! It's very kind of you that you want to give a donation! To prevent spambots from getting my email address, I've made a PayPal donation button. It can be found here! Please let me know if you've got any ideas for improvement of the extension.

The next update will include at least an option to hide seeding torrents and a Dutch localization. I will check what the possibilities are for uploading torrent files, but don't expect it in the next version.

[Sylver]

That's a great iPhone and iPad app . Thanks for the advise about the Charles Proxy application, I will look at it when I've got some more time!
At the moment the extension uses the download_redirector.cgi url for all communication with DSM. Do you know if this url has the same options as the downloadman.cgi url's? The download_redirector.cgi url works as far as I know on all DSM versions, so it doesn't require a version check.

It would be nice if Synology had an API / documentation about the Download Station interface.

Thanks
I didn't know that you are using the download redirector API ! I didn't play too much with this one as it is limited (in term of features) compared to the ones used in the web interface (the drawback is that the interface I'm using is less stable and it requires to check the firmware version of the device to be sure to build the right requests !
Anyway, as it's possible to add a download task from the download redirector application, just use charles proxy (or wireshark for exemple) to spy the request to try to build the same one !
You can also try to discuss with fkm, he have an application that is using the download redirector interface !

Of course, having an official documentation could be very helpful ...

[Zorroson]

You sir, are a hero for creating this extension!

This extension has saved me, as the Syno Download Redirector does not work on OX Lion. So at least I can now use this!

Thanx,
Zorroson

[Iggie]

Great app. Job well done! Thanks for all the hard work.

[LuukD]

You sir, are a hero for creating this extension!

This extension has saved me, as the Syno Download Redirector does not work on OX Lion. So at least I can now use this!

Thanx,
Zorroson

Great app. Job well done! Thanks for all the hard work.

Thanks for letting me know that you appreciate my work

Since few days, the extension is listed on Apple's Safari Extension Gallery!

[LuukD]

A new version of Safari Download Station is available. This version includes the following changes:

• After installation, a first-launch page[/url] will open with more information about configuring and using the extension
• Dutch localization (if someone is interested in translating the extension in another language: please let me know!)
• Weekly update check instead of every time you start Safari
• The 'Add task' button now shows an input field inside the popover instead of the dialog
• YouTube downloading! If you're watching a video on YouTube, you can download it on your DiskStation by clicking the button below the video.
• Fixed a few small bugs

YouTube example:


You can update by opening Safari preferences -> Extensions -> Updates.
For new users: the download link can be found in the opening post.

Please let me know what you think about it

[Aypeus]

Hi, first things first, Mr developer thank you for making this extention available to us, for free, I'll donate some as soon as I have donated and coverd the cost for my NAS system!

I have a small request, is it possible to add "continue" function to the small Icon UI? I mean in download stations after a torrent is done it has to click "play" or "continues" (translating the from SWE interface to ENG) so it can starts to seed, I don't really know why this is not done by default from Synology whiten DLS however that is another discussion. Nevertheless if this would/could be implanted here lots of people like myself would be most greatful.

Update, another feature request would be having the "clear" button to work as it is intended? Cleaning up the DL history as it seems, if not, maybe it could be implanted? Getting overview on what is being downloaded is really nice to have, however all that has been downloaded in one list makes the UI cluttered, somewhat overwhelming so to say.


Thank you again, Daniel.

[LuukD]

Hi, first things first, Mr developer thank you for making this extention available to us, for free, I'll donate some as soon as I have donated and coverd the cost for my NAS system!

I have a small request, is it possible to add "continue" function to the small Icon UI? I mean in download stations after a torrent is done it has to click "play" or "continues" (translating the from SWE interface to ENG) so it can starts to seed, I don't really know why this is not done by default from Synology whiten DLS however that is another discussion. Nevertheless if this would/could be implanted here lots of people like myself would be most greatful.

Update, another feature request would be having the "clear" button to work as it is intended? Cleaning up the DL history as it seems, if not, maybe it could be implanted? Getting overview on what is being downloaded is really nice to have, however all that has been downloaded in one list makes the UI cluttered, somewhat overwhelming so to say.


Thank you again, Daniel.

Thank you for your feedback Daniel and sorry for my late reply! I've been a bit busy over the last few weeks

I'll add the continue-button in the next update! If you want your torrents to start seeding automatically, you can change the share ratio in your Download Station settings. If your share ratio is 0%, Download Station will stop seeding once your download has been completed.

I'm also thinking about adding an option to show seeding torrents in a separate list below the download tasks that can be hidden without having to change anything in the preference pane.

What do you mean with your request for the clear button? In the current version, it removes all finished downloads (excluding seeding torrents) from the list. Just like the clear-button in Safari's downloads-list.

[Aypeus]

Thank you for your feedback Daniel and sorry for my late reply! I've been a bit busy over the last few weeks

I'll add the continue-button in the next update! If you want your torrents to start seeding automatically, you can change the share ratio in your Download Station settings. If your share ratio is 0%, Download Station will stop seeding once your download has been completed.

I'm also thinking about adding an option to show seeding torrents in a separate list below the download tasks that can be hidden without having to change anything in the preference pane.

What do you mean with your request for the clear button? In the current version, it removes all finished downloads (excluding seeding torrents) from the list. Just like the clear-button in Safari's downloads-list.

Don't worry about it, take all the time you need since we are not going anywhere else with our requests! cheers for the reply also!

There is a clear button, but it dose not seem to work, I have latest OS X with latest update, no other extensions then this add-on in Safari, still pressing the clear button don't do anything in my case, so that is what I meant with getting it to work as intended I also assumed it was there to clear what has been downloaded from the list and not delete the actually files or the seed so to speak. If one file/torrent/anything is downloading it should appear on the list or say UI but I would like to see, is to have a choice to remove the finished stuff out of the way so the overview upon what is downloading gets even clearer. But when clearing it shouldn't delete the actually file on DS or cancel the seed within the DSS.

I'm not that good with words, so explaining takes like four days and 10000 words :p sorry for that!

(thanks for the heads up for the ratio settings and so, now it starts downloading and goes into seeding by default)

[LuukD]

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Don't worry about it, take all the time you need since we are not going anywhere else with our requests! cheers for the reply also!

There is a clear button, but it dose not seem to work, I have latest OS X with latest update, no other extensions then this add-on in Safari, still pressing the clear button don't do anything in my case, so that is what I meant with getting it to work as intended I also assumed it was there to clear what has been downloaded from the list and not delete the actually files or the seed so to speak. If one file/torrent/anything is downloading it should appear on the list or say UI but I would like to see, is to have a choice to remove the finished stuff out of the way so the overview upon what is downloading gets even clearer. But when clearing it shouldn't delete the actually file on DS or cancel the seed within the DSS.

I'm not that good with words, so explaining takes like four days and 10000 words :p sorry for that!

(thanks for the heads up for the ratio settings and so, now it starts downloading and goes into seeding by default)

Strange that the clear button doesn't work for you. Could you try if the clear button in DSM works? It's the recycle bin icon, second last button. And could you check the status of the downloads that should be cleared?

[Aypeus]

Strange that the clear button doesn't work for you. Could you try if the clear button in DSM works? It's the recycle bin icon, second last button. And could you check the status of the downloads that should be cleared?

DSM clear button works fine, that one however remove the active torrent so one can't keep seeding since the torrent is not shared after pressing that button. I would like to se a button which would only remove what has been downloaded from this Safari extension with no effect on the torrent itself in other words, torrent in DSM keeps on seeding regardless of the clearing whiten this UI.