Add support for parallel workers for folder downloads. #401
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Introduces a
workersparameter to both thedownload_folderfunction and the CLI, allowing users to specify an integer number of workers or"auto"(which usesos.cpu_count()).Under the hood, a helper function spawns a configurable number of threads and stores them in a pool. These threads consume from a shared input queue of
(file_id, destination_path)tuples, pre-populated by_get_directory_structure().If
skip_download=True, no workers are created. By default,workers=1. When more than one worker is specified, the concurrent threads cause thetqdmprogress display to misbehave, so we temporarily enforcequiet=True; this will be addressed in an upcoming PR.In my tests, parallel downloads substantially increased throughput for folders containing many files.