Kill downloader process to instantly abort

downloaders.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func removeBOM(input []byte) []byte {
 	return input
 }
 
-func downloadFile(item Item) error {
+func downloadFile(item Item, jobInfo *JobInfo) error {
 	fmt.Println("Downloading:", item.Filename)
 
 	mpdPath := item.MPD
@@ -91,12 +91,33 @@ func downloadFile(item Item) error {
 
 	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", command)
 
+	jobsMutex.Lock()
+	jobInfo.Cmd = cmd
+	jobsMutex.Unlock()
+
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 
-	err := cmd.Run()
+	err := cmd.Start()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error executing download command: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error starting download command: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	done := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		done <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-jobInfo.AbortChan:
+		if cmd.Process != nil {
+			cmd.Process.Kill()
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("download aborted")
+	case err := <-done:
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error executing download command: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Download completed successfully")

go.mod

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/asticode/go-astikit v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/asticode/go-astits v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/exec v0.0.0-20150614095509-0bd164ad2a5a
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200904194848-62affa334b73 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ github.com/beevik/etree v1.4.1 h1:PmQJDDYahBGNKDcpdX8uPy1xRCwoCGVUiW669MEirVI=
 github.com/beevik/etree v1.4.1/go.mod h1:gPNJNaBGVZ9AwsidazFZyygnd+0pAU38N4D+WemwKNs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pkg/exec v0.0.0-20150614095509-0bd164ad2a5a h1:EN123kAtAAE2pg/+TvBsUBZfHCWNNFyL2ZBPPfNWAc0=
+github.com/pkg/exec v0.0.0-20150614095509-0bd164ad2a5a/go.mod h1:b95YoNrAnScjaWG+asr8lxqlrsPUcT2ZEBcjvVGshMo=
 github.com/pkg/profile v1.4.0/go.mod h1:NWz/XGvpEW1FyYQ7fCx4dqYBLlfTcE+A9FLAkNKqjFE=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=

main.go

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func handleAbort(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	jobsMutex.Lock()
-	abortChan, exists := jobs[filename]
+	jobInfo, exists := jobs[filename]
 	jobsMutex.Unlock()
 
 	if !exists {
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ func handleAbort(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	close(abortChan)
+	close(jobInfo.AbortChan)
+	if jobInfo.Cmd != nil && jobInfo.Cmd.Process != nil {
+		jobInfo.Cmd.Process.Kill()
+	}
+
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Abort signal sent for %s", filename)
 }

utils.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -14,9 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/beevik/etree"
 )
 
+type JobInfo struct {
+	AbortChan chan struct{}
+	Cmd       *exec.Cmd
+}
+
 var (
 	jobsMutex sync.Mutex
-	jobs      = make(map[string]chan struct{})
+	jobs      = make(map[string]*JobInfo)
 )
 
 func sanitizeFilename(filename string) string {
@@ -180,8 +186,10 @@ func filterSelectedItems(items []Item, selectedItems []string) []Item {
 
 func processItems(filename string, items []Item) error {
 	jobsMutex.Lock()
-	abortChan := make(chan struct{})
+	jobInfo := &JobInfo{
-	jobs[filename] = abortChan
+		AbortChan: make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	jobs[filename] = jobInfo
 	jobsMutex.Unlock()
 
 	defer func() {
@@ -192,12 +200,12 @@ func processItems(filename string, items []Item) error {
 
 	for i, item := range items {
 		select {
-		case <-abortChan:
+		case <-jobInfo.AbortChan:
 			updateProgress(filename, 100, "Aborted")
 			return fmt.Errorf("download aborted")
 		default:
 			updateProgress(filename, float64(i)/float64(len(items))*100, item.Filename)
-			err := downloadFile(item)
+			err := downloadFile(item, jobInfo)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Printf("Error downloading file: %v\n", err)
 			}