Code for downloading tablebase

.gitignore

@@ -360,4 +360,7 @@ MigrationBackup/
 .ionide/
 
 # Fody - auto-generated XML schema
-FodyWeavers.xsd
+FodyWeavers.xsd
+
+tb/*.rtbw
+tb/*.rtbz

downloadtablebase.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+import requests
+
+# Specify the directory to save the downloaded files
+download_directory = 'tb'
+
+# Create the directory if it doesn't exist
+os.makedirs(download_directory, exist_ok=True)
+
+# Read the tablebases.txt file
+with open('tb/tablebases.txt', 'r') as file:
+    urls = file.readlines()
+
+# Download each file
+for url in urls:
+    url = url.strip()  # Remove any leading/trailing whitespace
+    if url:  # Check if the URL is not empty
+        try:
+            # Get the filename from the URL
+            filename = os.path.join(download_directory, url.split('/')[-1])
+
+            # Download the file
+            response = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)
+
+            # Check if the request was successful
+            response.raise_for_status()
+
+            # Write the content to a file
+            with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(response.content)
+
+            print(f'Downloaded: {filename}')
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            print(f'Failed to download {url}: {e}')