export_download_cache#

astropy.utils.data.export_download_cache(filename_or_obj, urls=None, overwrite=False, pkgname='astropy')[source]#

Exports the cache contents as a ZIP file.

Parameters:

filename_or_objpython:str or python:file-like object: Where to put the created ZIP file. Must be something the zipfile module can write to.
urlspython:iterable of python:str or python:None: The URLs to include in the exported cache. The default is all URLs currently in the cache. If a URL is included in this list but is not currently in the cache, a KeyError will be raised. To ensure that all are in the cache use download_file or download_files_in_parallel.
overwritebool, optional: If filename_or_obj is a filename that exists, it will only be overwritten if this is True.
pkgnamestr, optional: The package name to use to locate the download cache. i.e. for pkgname='astropy' the default cache location is ~/.astropy/cache.