code: def download(self, path, args=[], filepath=None, opts={},
                   compress=True, **kwargs):
          
          url = self.base + path
          wd = filepath or '.'
  
          params = []
          params.append(('stream-channels', 'true'))
          params.append(('archive', 'true'))
          if compress:
              params.append(('compress', 'true'))
  
          for opt in opts.items():
              params.append(opt)
          for arg in args:
              params.append(('arg', arg))
  
          method = 'get'
  
          res = self._do_request(method, url, params=params, stream=True,
                                 **kwargs)
  
          self._do_raise_for_status(res)
  
          # try to stream download as a tar file stream
          mode = 'r|gz' if compress else 'r|'
  
          with tarfile.open(fileobj=res.raw, mode=mode) as tf:
              tf.extractall(path=wd)
docs: Makes a request to the IPFS daemon to download a file.
  
          Downloads a file or files from IPFS into the current working
          directory, or the directory given by ``filepath``.
  
          Raises
          ------
          ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ErrorResponse
          ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ConnectionError
          ~ipfsapi.exceptions.ProtocolError
          ~ipfsapi.exceptions.StatusError
          ~ipfsapi.exceptions.TimeoutError
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          path : str
              The REST command path to send
          filepath : str
              The local path where IPFS will store downloaded files
  
              Defaults to the current working directory.
          args : list
              Positional parameters to be sent along with the HTTP request
          opts : dict
              Query string paramters to be sent along with the HTTP request
          compress : bool
              Whether the downloaded file should be GZip compressed by the
              daemon before being sent to the client
          kwargs : dict
              Additional arguments to pass to :mod:`requests`