def download(self, path, args=[], filepath=None, opts={},
                 compress=True, **kwargs):
        """Makes a request to the IPFS daemon to download a file.

        Downloads a file or files from IPFS into the current working
        directory, or the directory given by ``filepath``.

        Raises
        ------
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ErrorResponse
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ConnectionError
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ProtocolError
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.StatusError
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.TimeoutError

        Parameters
        ----------
        path : str
            The REST command path to send
        filepath : str
            The local path where IPFS will store downloaded files

            Defaults to the current working directory.
        args : list
            Positional parameters to be sent along with the HTTP request
        opts : dict
            Query string paramters to be sent along with the HTTP request
        compress : bool
            Whether the downloaded file should be GZip compressed by the
            daemon before being sent to the client
        kwargs : dict
            Additional arguments to pass to :mod:`requests`
        """
        url = self.base + path
        wd = filepath or '.'

        params = []
        params.append(('stream-channels', 'true'))
        params.append(('archive', 'true'))
        if compress:
            params.append(('compress', 'true'))

        for opt in opts.items():
            params.append(opt)
        for arg in args:
            params.append(('arg', arg))

        method = 'get'

        res = self._do_request(method, url, params=params, stream=True,
                               **kwargs)

        self._do_raise_for_status(res)

        # try to stream download as a tar file stream
        mode = 'r|gz' if compress else 'r|'

        with tarfile.open(fileobj=res.raw, mode=mode) as tf:
            tf.extractall(path=wd)
Makes a request to the IPFS daemon to download a file.

        Downloads a file or files from IPFS into the current working
        directory, or the directory given by ``filepath``.

        Raises
        ------
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ErrorResponse
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ConnectionError
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ProtocolError
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.StatusError
        ~ipfsapi.exceptions.TimeoutError

        Parameters
        ----------
        path : str
            The REST command path to send
        filepath : str
            The local path where IPFS will store downloaded files

            Defaults to the current working directory.
        args : list
            Positional parameters to be sent along with the HTTP request
        opts : dict
            Query string paramters to be sent along with the HTTP request
        compress : bool
            Whether the downloaded file should be GZip compressed by the
            daemon before being sent to the client
        kwargs : dict
            Additional arguments to pass to :mod:`requests`