Module metalink 

Metalink (.meta4 / .metalink) download support.

Metalink is a standard XML format (RFC 5854 for .meta4) that describes a file along with multiple download mirrors and cryptographic checksums. KGet parses the manifest, tries each mirror in priority order, and verifies the hash after a successful download — all automatically.

Supported features

• Multiple mirrors with optional priority attribute (lower = preferred)
• sha-256, sha-512, and md5 hash types (sha-256 preferred)
• Multiple <file> entries per manifest
• Local .meta4 files and remote .meta4 URLs

Example

use kget::metalink::download_metalink;
use kget::{ProxyConfig, Optimizer};

download_metalink(
    "ubuntu-24.04.meta4",
    "~/Downloads",
    false,
    ProxyConfig::default(),
    Optimizer::new(),
).unwrap();

Structs

MetalinkDoc

A parsed Metalink manifest, potentially containing multiple files.

MetalinkFile

A single file described in a Metalink manifest.

MetalinkUrl

A single download URL with an optional priority (lower number = tried first).

Functions

download_metalink

Download all files described in a Metalink source.

is_metalink

Return true if source looks like a local or remote Metalink file.

parse

Parse a .meta4 or .metalink XML string into a MetalinkDoc.