UPDATE 1.

• Added SourceForge Project Download Link
• Added SourceForge Code Download Link
• Added ScreenShots

It is with great pleasure that I announce the first ever (beta) public release of my latest project “RoboDown” codenamed RapidRush (go figure!). This is a beta, so expect bugs! All of your inputs regarding bugs/feature suggestions/etc. would be greatly appreciated, as this would aid in further development of the project.

Now, on with some explanation:

What is it?

RoboDown -- RapidShare Downloader

RoboDown is a, type of, download manager for RapidShare; this project is intented for FREE users only! if you want/or are looking for a download manager for premium users, there are far better/sophisticated/advanced download managers out there.

I don’t get it… What exactly does it do?

Okay, I will try and break this down and simplify it as much as possible: The way that RapidShare works is as follows–User A uploads a file (for our purposes, assume the Max size = 200 MB). Upon successful upload, RapidShare provides User A with a URL/Link to the uploaded file that only User A knows (technically, this is not true, thanks to all those RapidShare search engines, but just go with it…). Next, User A sends out an email containing the RapidShare link to his/her friend(s) and notifies where they could obtain the file from. User B then navigates to that link and is provided a choice of download: Download the file as a “Free user” or as a “Premium user”. User B selects “Free user” and than waits for X seconds. Upon expiration of this timer, RapidShare provides a Final download link to User B, which User B clicks on and starts the download.

This is as simple as it gets. Now it’s great if its just one file that User B needs to download… it can be managed. However, imagine if User A had uploaded multiple files (e.g. 5 files, each measuring up to 200MB). The way RapidShare handles downloads is that once a user downloads a file, they would have to wait 15 or so minutes before they could download the next file… For User B, the task of downloading all these files becomes arduous: ENTER RoboDown

With the aid of RoboDown, all that User B needs to do is copy and paste a comma seperated list of links and let RoboDown download the files “Robotically”!

Why did you make this?

As you (might) know, I am from India. A lot of my friends back home send me pics/vids of their latest adventures. Emailing these medias is very cumbersome for not only them, but also for people on the receiving end. So they upload it on RapidShare and send me the links–at times a list of multi-part links. Being a Computer Scientist, this was just too much clicking/waiting/clicking somemore/ and then waiting somemore for me to handle… So I made an attempt at automating this task.

Also, this is my first attempt at C#: This language has always been elusive for me… I have always wanted to learn C#, but for some reason or other, it always got put back on the backburner; So I asked myself, “What better way to (finally) learn this language than do a project in it?” The results: I loved it! C# has become my second favorite language (right behind PHP). Expect many more public releases of my work in C# in distant future. ’nuff said.

How about some ScreenShots?!
Sure, here you go

Main Application Screen

About Dialog

Why the name “RoboDown”?

The thought-process in naming this project “RoboDown” was to have a name that satisfactorily described what the project is all about, plus the place where it is intented to be used for, and finally the author: Robotically Downloading a link (or list of links) from RapidShare, codenamed RapidRush.

To be honest, I wanted to name this project “AutoDown” however, it was already taken by some other project (for automating some other task altogether). So, the next name that came to mind right away was “RapidRush”… However, soon after, I changed it to “RapidDown” and then finally to “RoboDown”.

Is it opensource?

Hell YES! All my projects (barring any security reasons) would be opensource! You are free to download the code and play with it. All I ask is to not remove any copyright information. Look below for more information on the source code access…

Enough… Show Me the Needed Info!

Sure, here you go–

PLEASE NOTE

All the images used in this project are gathered using iconarchive or iconlook, and they are the work of their respective authors, and not my own.

Lastly, I would like to say that: I (nor any other sites affiliated with this project) take ANY RESPONSIBILITY for what you do with this software or for what purposes you use this software. Furthermore, I (nor any other sites affiliated with this project) give any kind of warranty for this product. Use it at your own risk!

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