Fix template

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 gropple
 release
 dist
-.env
+.env
+dist/

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
-# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
-
-# The lines below are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
-# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/need to use them.
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
-# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
-
-version: 1
-
 before:
   hooks:
     # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
     - go mod tidy
+    - go test ./...
 
 builds:
   - env:
@@ -26,7 +17,7 @@ archives:
     # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of `uname`.
     name_template: >-
       {{ .ProjectName }}_
-      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- .Os }}_
       {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
       {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
       {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,17 +2,31 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [v1.1.2] - 2024-03-16
+
+- Fix a crash for a certain pattern of log line
+
+## [v1.1.1] - 2023-12-08
+
+- Fix bug where a brand-new config was created with an out-of-date version
+- Fix for portable mode and using executable in the current working directory
+
+## [v1.1.0] - 2023-11-25
+
+- Add feature to bulk add URL's for downloading
+
+## [v1.0.1] - 2023-11-24
+
+- Fix crash on migrating a config that had > 1 destinations
+
 ## [v1.0.0] - 2023-11-23
 
 - Don't start downloads until "start download" is pressed
-- Add "download option" for more per-download customisability, especially
-  for destinations
-- Removed "destinations" as that is now possible more flexibly with download
-  options. Configurations using destinations automatically migrated to an
-  appropriate `yt-dlp -o ...` download options
+- Add "download option" for more per-download customisability, especially for destinations
+- Removed "destinations" as that is now possible more flexibly with download options.
+  - Existing configurations using destinations are automatically migrated to an appropriate `yt-dlp -o ...` download options
 - Gropple now available via docker
-- Clean up web interface display on index page, especially when a playlist
-  with many files is downloading
+- Clean up web interface display on index page, especially when a playlist with many files is downloading
 
 ## [v0.6.0] - 2023-03-15
 

README.md

@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ Note that this also means that `yt-dlp` can resume partially downloaded files, a
 also automatically 'backfill', downloading only files that have not been
 downloaded yet from that playlist.
 
+## Downloading a list of URL's in bulk
+
+From main index page you can click the "Bulk" link in the menu to bring up the
+bulk queue page.
+
+In all respects this acts the same as the usual bookmarklet, but it has a
+textbox for pasting many URLs at once. All downloads will be queued immediately.
+
 ## Portable mode
 
 If you'd like to use gropple from a USB stick or similar, copy the config file

build_release.pl

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-open my $fh, "<", "main.go" || die $!;
-
-my $version;
-while (<$fh>) {
-  # CurrentVersion: "v0.04"
-  $version = $1 if /CurrentVersion:\s*"(v.*?)"/;
-}
-close $fh;
-
-die "no version?" unless defined $version;
-
-# quit if tests fail
-system("go test ./...") && die "not building release with failing tests";
-
-# so lazy
-system "rm", "-rf", "release", "dist";
-system "mkdir", "release";
-system "mkdir", "dist";
-
-my %build = (
-  win   => { env => { GOOS => 'windows', GOARCH => 'amd64' }, filename => 'gropple.exe' },
-  linux => { env => { GOOS => 'linux',   GOARCH => 'amd64' }, filename => 'gropple' },
-  mac   => { env => { GOOS => 'darwin',  GOARCH => 'amd64' }, filename => 'gropple' },
-); 
-
-foreach my $type (keys %build) {
-  mkdir "release/$type";
-}
-
-foreach my $type (keys %build) {
-  local $ENV{GOOS}   = $build{$type}->{env}->{GOOS};
-  local $ENV{GOARCH} = $build{$type}->{env}->{GOARCH};
-  system "go", "build", "-o", "release/$type/" . $build{$type}->{filename};
-  system "zip", "-j", "dist/gropple-$type-$version.zip", ( glob "release/$type/*" );
-}
-
-# now docker
-exit 0;
-$ENV{VERSION}="$version";
-system "docker-compose", "-f", "docker-compose.build.yml", "build";
-system "docker", "tag", "tardisx/gropple:$version", "tardisx/gropple:latest";
-system "docker", "push", "tardisx/gropple:$version";
-system "docker", "push", "tardisx/gropple:latest";
-

config/config.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type ConfigService struct {
 func (cs *ConfigService) LoadTestConfig() {
 	cs.LoadDefaultConfig()
 	cs.Config.Server.DownloadPath = "/tmp"
-	cs.Config.DownloadProfiles = []DownloadProfile{{Name: "test profile", Command: "sleep", Args: []string{"5"}}}
+	cs.Config.DownloadProfiles = []DownloadProfile{{Name: "test profile", Command: "/bin/sleep", Args: []string{"5"}}}
 }
 
 func (cs *ConfigService) LoadDefaultConfig() {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (cs *ConfigService) LoadDefaultConfig() {
 	defaultConfig.Destinations = nil
 	defaultConfig.DownloadOptions = make([]DownloadOption, 0)
 
-	defaultConfig.ConfigVersion = 3
+	defaultConfig.ConfigVersion = 4
 
 	cs.Config = &defaultConfig
 
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ func (c *Config) UpdateFromJSON(j []byte) error {
 		}
 
 		// check the command exists
-		_, err := exec.LookPath(newConfig.DownloadProfiles[i].Command)
+
+		_, err := AbsPathToExecutable(newConfig.DownloadProfiles[i].Command)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Could not find %s on the path", newConfig.DownloadProfiles[i].Command)
+			return fmt.Errorf("problem with command '%s': %s", newConfig.DownloadProfiles[i].Command, err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -300,8 +301,8 @@ func (cs *ConfigService) LoadConfig() error {
 				Args: []string{"-o", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%%(title)s [%%(id)s].%%(ext)s", c.Destinations[i].Path)},
 			}
 			c.DownloadOptions = append(c.DownloadOptions, newDownloadOption)
-			c.Destinations = nil
 		}
+		c.Destinations = nil
 		configMigrated = true
 		log.Print("migrated config from version 3 => 4")
 	}
@@ -318,7 +319,8 @@ func (cs *ConfigService) LoadConfig() error {
 func (cs *ConfigService) WriteConfig() {
 	s, err := yaml.Marshal(cs.Config)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Printf("error writing config: %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	path := cs.ConfigPath
@@ -337,3 +339,28 @@ func (cs *ConfigService) WriteConfig() {
 	}
 	file.Close()
 }
+
+// AbsPathToExecutable takes a command name, which may or may not be path-qualified,
+// and returns the fully qualified path to it, or an error if could not be found, or
+// if it does not appear to be a file.
+func AbsPathToExecutable(cmd string) (string, error) {
+
+	pathCmd, err := exec.LookPath(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not LookPath '%s': %w", cmd, err)
+	}
+
+	execAbsolutePath, err := filepath.Abs(pathCmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get absolute path to '%s': %w", cmd, err)
+	}
+	fi, err := os.Stat(execAbsolutePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get stat '%s': %w", cmd, err)
+	}
+	if !fi.Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a regular file: %w", cmd, err)
+	}
+
+	return execAbsolutePath, nil
+}

config/config_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -102,6 +104,66 @@ profiles:
 	os.Remove(cs.ConfigPath)
 }
 
+func TestMigrateV3toV4CrashBug(t *testing.T) {
+	v3Config := `config_version: 3
+server:
+  port: 6123
+  address: https://superaddress.here.com
+  download_path: /home/path/gropple
+  maximum_active_downloads_per_domain: 2
+ui:
+  popup_width: 500
+  popup_height: 500
+destinations:
+- name: somegifs
+  path: /home/path/somegifs
+- name: otherstuff
+  path: /home/path/otherstuff
+profiles:
+- name: standard video
+  command: yt-dlp
+  args:
+  - --newline
+  - --write-info-json
+  - -f
+  - bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best
+  - --verbose
+  - --embed-metadata
+  - --embed-subs
+  - --embed-thumbnail
+- name: standard mp3
+  command: yt-dlp
+  args:
+  - --extract-audio
+  - --audio-format
+  - mp3
+  - --prefer-ffmpeg
+`
+	cs := configServiceFromString(v3Config)
+	err := cs.LoadConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("got error when loading config: %s", err)
+	}
+	if cs.Config.ConfigVersion != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("did not migrate version (it is '%d')", cs.Config.ConfigVersion)
+	}
+	if cs.Config.Server.MaximumActiveDownloads != 2 {
+		t.Error("did not add MaximumActiveDownloads")
+	}
+	if len(cs.Config.Destinations) != 0 {
+		t.Error("incorrect number of destinations from migrated file")
+	}
+	if assert.Len(t, cs.Config.DownloadOptions, 2) {
+		if assert.Len(t, cs.Config.DownloadOptions[0].Args, 2) {
+			assert.Equal(t, "-o", cs.Config.DownloadOptions[0].Args[0])
+			assert.Equal(t, "/home/path/somegifs/%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s", cs.Config.DownloadOptions[0].Args[1])
+			assert.Equal(t, "-o", cs.Config.DownloadOptions[1].Args[0])
+			assert.Equal(t, "/home/path/otherstuff/%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s", cs.Config.DownloadOptions[1].Args[1])
+		}
+	}
+	os.Remove(cs.ConfigPath)
+}
+
 func configServiceFromString(configString string) *ConfigService {
 	tmpFile, _ := os.CreateTemp("", "gropple_test_*.yml")
 	tmpFile.Write([]byte(configString))
@@ -112,3 +174,41 @@ func configServiceFromString(configString string) *ConfigService {
 	}
 	return &cs
 }
+
+func TestLookForExecutable(t *testing.T) {
+	cmdPath, err := exec.LookPath("sleep")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("cannot run this test without knowing about sleep: %s", err)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	cmdDir := filepath.Dir(cmdPath)
+
+	cmd := "sleep"
+	path, err := AbsPathToExecutable(cmd)
+	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		assert.Equal(t, cmdPath, path)
+	}
+
+	cmd = cmdPath
+	path, err = AbsPathToExecutable(cmd)
+	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		assert.Equal(t, cmdPath, path)
+	}
+
+	cmd = "../../../../../../../../.." + cmdPath
+	path, err = AbsPathToExecutable(cmd)
+	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		assert.Equal(t, cmdPath, path)
+	}
+	cmd = "./sleep"
+	_, err = AbsPathToExecutable(cmd)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	os.Chdir(cmdDir)
+	cmd = "./sleep"
+	path, err = AbsPathToExecutable(cmd)
+	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		assert.Equal(t, cmdPath, path)
+	}
+
+}

download/download.go

@@ -281,9 +281,21 @@ func (dl *Download) Begin() {
 		cmdSlice = append(cmdSlice, dl.Url)
 	}
 
-	dl.Log = append(dl.Log, fmt.Sprintf("executing: %s with args: %s", dl.DownloadProfile.Command, strings.Join(cmdSlice, " ")))
-	cmd := exec.Command(dl.DownloadProfile.Command, cmdSlice...)
+	cmdPath, err := config.AbsPathToExecutable(dl.DownloadProfile.Command)
+	if err != nil {
+		dl.State = STATE_FAILED
+		dl.Finished = true
+		dl.FinishedTS = time.Now()
+		dl.Log = append(dl.Log, fmt.Sprintf("error finding executable for downloader: %s", err.Error()))
+		dl.Lock.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+
+	dl.Log = append(dl.Log, fmt.Sprintf("executing: %s (%s) with args: %s", dl.DownloadProfile.Command, cmdPath, strings.Join(cmdSlice, " ")))
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(cmdPath, cmdSlice...)
 	cmd.Dir = dl.Config.Server.DownloadPath
+	log.Printf("Executing command executable: %s) in %s", cmdPath, dl.Config.Server.DownloadPath)
 
 	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -292,7 +304,6 @@ func (dl *Download) Begin() {
 		dl.FinishedTS = time.Now()
 		dl.Log = append(dl.Log, fmt.Sprintf("error setting up stdout pipe: %v", err))
 		dl.Lock.Unlock()
-
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -307,9 +318,10 @@ func (dl *Download) Begin() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("Executing command: %v", cmd)
 	err = cmd.Start()
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Executing command failed: %s", err.Error())
+
 		dl.State = STATE_FAILED
 		dl.Finished = true
 		dl.FinishedTS = time.Now()
@@ -363,7 +375,6 @@ func (dl *Download) Begin() {
 		}
 	}
 	dl.Lock.Unlock()
-
 }
 
 // updateDownload updates the download based on data from the reader. Expects the
@@ -418,8 +429,6 @@ func (dl *Download) updateMetadata(s string) {
 		p, err := strconv.ParseFloat(matches[1], 32)
 		if err == nil {
 			dl.Percent = float32(p)
-		} else {
-			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
 

download/download_test.go

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func TestUpdateMetadataSingle(t *testing.T) {
 [youtube] 2WoDQBhJCVQ: Downloading android player API JSON
 [info] 2WoDQBhJCVQ: Downloading 1 format(s): 137+140
 [info] Writing video metadata as JSON to: The Greatest Shot In Television [2WoDQBhJCVQ].info.json
-[download] Destination: The Greatest Shot In Television [2WoDQBhJCVQ].f137.mp4
+[debug] Invoking hlsnative downloader on "https://example.org/urls/1.2.3.4%
 [download]   0.0% of 12.82MiB at 510.94KiB/s ETA 00:26
 [download]   0.0% of 12.82MiB at 966.50KiB/s ETA 00:13
 [download]   0.1% of 12.82MiB at  1.54MiB/s ETA 00:08

main.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	versionInfo := &version.Manager{
-		VersionInfo: version.Info{CurrentVersion: "v1.0.0"},
+		VersionInfo: version.Info{CurrentVersion: "v1.1.2"},
 	}
 	log.Printf("Starting gropple %s - https://github.com/tardisx/gropple", versionInfo.GetInfo().CurrentVersion)
 

web/data/templates/bulk.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{{ define "content" }}
+
+{{ template "menu.tmpl" . }}
+
+<div id="layout" class="pure-g pure-u-1" x-data="bulk_create()" >
+
+<h1>Bulk upload</h1>
+
+    <p class="error"  x-show="error_message"  x-transition.duration.500ms x-text="error_message"></p>
+    <p class="success" x-show="success_message" x-transition.duration.500ms x-text="success_message"></p>
+
+    <p>Paste URLs here, one per line:</p>
+
+    <textarea x-model="urls" rows="20" cols="80">
+    </textarea>
+
+    <br><br>
+
+    <table class="pure-table" >
+        <tr>
+            <th>profile</th>
+            <td>
+                <select class="pure-input-1-2" x-model="profile_chosen">
+                    <option value="">choose a profile</option>
+                {{ range $i := .config.DownloadProfiles }}
+                    <option name="{{$i.Name}}">{{ $i.Name }}</option>
+                {{ end }}
+                </select>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <th>download option</th>
+            <td>
+                <select  class="pure-input-1-2" x-model="download_option_chosen">
+                    <option value="">no option</option>
+                {{ range $i := .config.DownloadOptions }}
+                    <option name="{{$i.Name}}">{{ $i.Name }}</option>
+                {{ end }}
+                </select>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <th>&nbsp;</th>
+            <td>
+                <button class="button-small pure-button" @click="start()">add to queue</button>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+
+    </table>
+
+
+
+
+</div>
+
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ define "js" }}
+<script>
+    function bulk_create() {
+        return {
+            profile_chosen: "",
+            download_option_chosen: "",
+            urls: "",
+            error_message: "",
+            success_message: "",
+            start() {
+                let op = {
+                   method: 'POST',
+                   body: JSON.stringify({action: 'start', urls: this.urls, profile: this.profile_chosen, download_option: this.download_option_chosen}),
+                   headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
+                };
+                fetch('/bulk', op)
+                .then(response => response.json())
+                .then(response => {
+                    console.log(response)
+                     if (response.error) {
+                        this.error_message = response.error;
+                        this.success_message = '';
+                        document.body.scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop = 0;
+                    } else {
+                        this.error_message = '';
+                        this.success_message = response.message;
+                        this.urls = '';
+                    }
+                })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+</script>
+{{ end }}

web/data/templates/config.tmpl

@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@
 
                             <label x-bind:for="'config-profiles-'+i+'-command'">Command to run</label>
                             <input type="text" x-bind:id="'config-profiles-'+i+'-command'" class="input-long" placeholder="name" x-model="profile.command" />
-                            <span class="pure-form-message">Which command to run. Your path will be searched, or you can specify the full path here.</span>
+                            <span class="pure-form-message">Which command to run. Your path will be searched, or you can specify the full path here.
+                            If you are using gropple in portable mode and store the executables with the gropple executable, use a prefix of
+                            <tt>./</tt>, for instance <tt>yt-dlp.exe</tt>.
+                            </span>
 
 
                             <label>Arguments</label>

web/data/templates/menu.tmpl

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
             <li class="pure-menu-item">
                 <a href="/config" class="pure-menu-link">Config</a>
             </li>
+            <li class="pure-menu-item">
+                <a href="/bulk" class="pure-menu-link">Bulk</a>
+            </li>
             <li class="pure-menu-item">
                 <a href="https://github.com/tardisx/gropple" class="pure-menu-link">Github</a>
             </li>
         </ul>
     </div>
-    

web/data/templates/popup_create.tmpl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                     <select class="pure-input-1-2" x-model="profile_chosen">
                         <option value="">choose a profile</option>
                     {{ range $i := .config.DownloadProfiles }}
-                        <option>{{ $i.Name }}</option>
+                        <option name="{{$i.Name}}">{{ $i.Name }}</option>
                     {{ end }}
                     </select>
                 </td>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                     <select  class="pure-input-1-2" x-model="download_option_chosen">
                         <option value="">no option</option>
                     {{ range $i := .config.DownloadOptions }}
-                        <option>{{ $i.Name }}</option>
+                        <option name="{{$i.Name}}">{{ $i.Name }}</option>
                     {{ end }}
                     </select>
                 </td>

web/web.go

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ func CreateRoutes(cs *config.ConfigService, dm *download.Manager, vm *version.Ma
 	r.HandleFunc("/fetch", fetchHandler(cs, vm, dm))
 	r.HandleFunc("/fetch/{id}", fetchHandler(cs, vm, dm))
 
+	// handle the bulk uploader
+	r.HandleFunc("/bulk", bulkHandler(cs, vm, dm))
+
 	// get/update info on a download
 	r.HandleFunc("/rest/fetch/{id}", fetchInfoOneRESTHandler(cs, dm))
 
@@ -89,7 +92,10 @@ func homeHandler(cs *config.ConfigService, vm *version.Manager, dm *download.Man
 
 		t, err := template.ParseFS(webFS, "data/templates/layout.tmpl", "data/templates/menu.tmpl", "data/templates/index.tmpl")
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
 		}
 
 		type Info struct {
@@ -110,7 +116,10 @@ func homeHandler(cs *config.ConfigService, vm *version.Manager, dm *download.Man
 		defer dm.Lock.Unlock()
 		err = t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", info)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -146,12 +155,18 @@ func configHandler() func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 		t, err := template.ParseFS(webFS, "data/templates/layout.tmpl", "data/templates/menu.tmpl", "data/templates/config.tmpl")
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
 		}
 
 		err = t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -164,7 +179,10 @@ func configRESTHandler(cs *config.ConfigService) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 			log.Printf("Updating config")
 			b, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
 			}
 			err = cs.Config.UpdateFromJSON(b)
 
@@ -218,7 +236,10 @@ func fetchInfoOneRESTHandler(cs *config.ConfigService, dm *download.Manager) fun
 
 				b, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 				if err != nil {
-					panic(err)
+					log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+					w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+					return
 				}
 
 				err = json.Unmarshal(b, &thisReq)
@@ -268,7 +289,10 @@ func fetchInfoRESTHandler(dm *download.Manager) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 
 		b, err := dm.DownloadsAsJSON()
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+			return
 		}
 		_, err = w.Write(b)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -304,14 +328,20 @@ func fetchHandler(cs *config.ConfigService, vm *version.Manager, dm *download.Ma
 
 			t, err := template.ParseFS(webFS, "data/templates/layout.tmpl", "data/templates/popup.tmpl")
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
 			}
 
 			templateData := map[string]interface{}{"dl": dl, "config": cs.Config, "canStop": download.CanStopDownload, "Version": vm.GetInfo()}
 
 			err = t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", templateData)
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
 			}
 			return
 		} else if method == "POST" {
@@ -386,16 +416,117 @@ func fetchHandler(cs *config.ConfigService, vm *version.Manager, dm *download.Ma
 
 			t, err := template.ParseFS(webFS, "data/templates/layout.tmpl", "data/templates/popup_create.tmpl")
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
 			}
 			templateData := map[string]interface{}{"config": cs.Config, "url": url[0], "Version": vm.GetInfo()}
 
 			err = t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", templateData)
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
 			}
 
 		}
 
 	}
 }
+
+func bulkHandler(cs *config.ConfigService, vm *version.Manager, dm *download.Manager) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		log.Printf("bulkHandler")
+
+		method := r.Method
+		if method == "GET" {
+
+			t, err := template.ParseFS(webFS, "data/templates/layout.tmpl", "data/templates/menu.tmpl", "data/templates/bulk.tmpl")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
+			}
+			templateData := map[string]interface{}{"config": cs.Config, "Version": vm.GetInfo()}
+
+			err = t.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", templateData)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("error: %s", err)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
+			}
+
+			return
+
+		} else if method == "POST" {
+			type reqBulkType struct {
+				URLs                 string `json:"urls"`
+				ProfileChosen        string `json:"profile"`
+				DownloadOptionChosen string `json:"download_option"`
+			}
+
+			req := reqBulkType{}
+			json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req)
+
+			log.Printf("bulk POST request: %#v", req)
+
+			if req.URLs == "" {
+				w.WriteHeader(400)
+				json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(errorResponse{
+					Success: false,
+					Error:   "No URLs supplied",
+				})
+				return
+			}
+
+			if req.ProfileChosen == "" {
+
+				w.WriteHeader(400)
+				json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(errorResponse{
+					Success: false,
+					Error:   "you must choose a profile",
+				})
+				return
+			}
+
+			profile := cs.Config.ProfileCalled(req.ProfileChosen)
+			if profile == nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(400)
+				json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(errorResponse{
+					Success: false,
+					Error:   fmt.Sprintf("no such profile: '%s'", req.ProfileChosen),
+				})
+				return
+			}
+
+			option := cs.Config.DownloadOptionCalled(req.DownloadOptionChosen)
+
+			// create the new downloads
+			urls := strings.Split(req.URLs, "\n")
+			count := 0
+			for _, thisURL := range urls {
+				thisURL = strings.TrimSpace(thisURL)
+				if thisURL != "" {
+					newDL := download.NewDownload(thisURL, cs.Config)
+					newDL.DownloadOption = option
+					newDL.DownloadProfile = *profile
+					dm.AddDownload(newDL)
+					dm.Queue(newDL)
+					log.Printf("queued %s", thisURL)
+					count++
+				}
+			}
+
+			w.WriteHeader(200)
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(successResponse{
+				Success: true,
+				Message: fmt.Sprintf("queued %d downloads", count),
+			})
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}