I think new feature PRs are on-hold for now. 1.7 release is waiting for fixes first

Either way, this is cool

Thank you for adding this feature, much needed.
If it isnt too much work, could you also add something like:

local numBytesDownloaded, numTotalBytesToDownload = getDownloadProgress(downloadHandler);

Very good addition for UIs to display the download progress.

The main problem is that practical usage is limited due to a fundamental issue with downloadFile.
Currently, downloadFile is blocking (synchronous), it halts script execution until the file is fully downloaded.
This prevents proper asynchronous handling and makes progress tracking ineffective during the actual download.

How feasible would it be to create something like asyncDownloadFile function?

How feasible would it be to create something like asyncDownloadFile function?

Why not just make downloadFile not blocking? I think that wouldn't break scripts. It returns true if file to download was queued successfully - is this the slow operation?

How feasible would it be to create something like asyncDownloadFile function?

Why not just make downloadFile not blocking? I think that wouldn't break scripts. It returns true if file to download was queued successfully - is this the slow operation?

Yes I see no problem making downloadFile async in general. No one sane would put lua logic after downloadFile call.