#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Download the SpanishBCBL dataset (MEG + EEG typing recordings) from the Hugging Face Hub. Repository: https://huggingface.co/datasets/bcbl190626/SpanishBCBL Examples -------- # Download everything (~262 GB) into ./SpanishBCBL python download_dataset.py # Download only the MEG modality into a custom folder python download_dataset.py --modality meg --local-dir /data/SpanishBCBL # Pass a token explicitly (otherwise uses your cached login / HF_TOKEN env var) python download_dataset.py --token hf_xxx Notes ----- - Requires `huggingface_hub`: pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]" - While the repository is private you must be authenticated: run `hf auth login` once, set the HF_TOKEN environment variable, or pass --token. - Downloads resume automatically: re-running skips files already present. """ import argparse import sys REPO_ID = "bcbl190626/SpanishBCBL" REPO_TYPE = "dataset" # Per-modality file filters (None = no filter, i.e. download everything). MODALITY_PATTERNS = { "all": None, "meg": ["MEG/*", "README.md"], "eeg": ["EEG/*", "README.md"], } def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace: p = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Download the SpanishBCBL dataset from the Hugging Face Hub.", formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, ) p.add_argument( "--local-dir", default="SpanishBCBL", help="Destination directory for the downloaded dataset.", ) p.add_argument( "--modality", choices=sorted(MODALITY_PATTERNS), default="all", help="Which modality to download.", ) p.add_argument( "--token", default=None, help="Hugging Face access token (defaults to cached login / HF_TOKEN env var).", ) p.add_argument( "--revision", default=None, help="Specific git revision (branch, tag, or commit) to download.", ) p.add_argument( "--workers", type=int, default=8, help="Number of parallel download workers.", ) return p.parse_args() def main() -> int: args = parse_args() try: from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download except ImportError: sys.exit( 'huggingface_hub is not installed. Install it with:\n' ' pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]"' ) allow_patterns = MODALITY_PATTERNS[args.modality] print(f"Repository : {REPO_ID} ({REPO_TYPE})") print(f"Modality : {args.modality}") print(f"Destination: {args.local_dir}") if allow_patterns: print(f"Patterns : {allow_patterns}") print("Starting download (this may take a while; downloads resume if interrupted)...\n") try: path = snapshot_download( repo_id=REPO_ID, repo_type=REPO_TYPE, local_dir=args.local_dir, allow_patterns=allow_patterns, revision=args.revision, token=args.token, max_workers=args.workers, ) except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 - surface a friendly message msg = str(exc) if "401" in msg or "403" in msg or "gated" in msg.lower() or "authenticate" in msg.lower(): sys.exit( f"Authentication/authorization failed: {exc}\n\n" "If the dataset is private, make sure you are logged in:\n" " hf auth login\n" "or pass a token with --token / set the HF_TOKEN environment variable." ) sys.exit(f"Download failed: {exc}") print(f"\nDone. Dataset available at: {path}") return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": raise SystemExit(main())