app.py

import gradio as gr
import requests
import os
import re

def download_file(url):
  """Downloads a file from a URL and returns the local file path."""
  if not url.startswith("http://") and not url.startswith("https://"):
    url = "http://" + url  # Prepend "http://" if not present

  try:
    response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
    response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for bad status codes

    # Generate a safe and unique temporary filename
    original_filename = os.path.basename(url)
    # Remove invalid characters from filename
    safe_filename = re.sub(r'[^\w\-_\. ]', '_', original_filename) 
    temp_filename = f"{safe_filename}"

    with open(temp_filename, 'wb') as f:
      for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192000):
        f.write(chunk)
    return temp_filename
  except requests.exceptions.MissingSchema:
    return "Error: Invalid URL format. Even after adding 'http://', the URL is still invalid."
  except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
    return "Error: Could not connect to the server. Please check your internet connection."
  except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    return f"Error downloading file: {e}"

iface = gr.Interface(
    fn=download_file,
    inputs=gr.Textbox(lines=1, placeholder="Enter URL of the file"),
    outputs=gr.File(),
    title="File Downloader",
    description="Enter the URL of an image, video, document, etc. to download it.",
)

iface.launch()