diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 53e9e87..8d3662e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -38,4 +38,73 @@ fn create_progress_bar(quiet_mode: bool, msg: &str, length: Option<u64>) -> Prog
     };
 
     bar
+}
+
+fn download(target: &str, quiet_mode: bool) -> Result<(), Box<::std::error::Error>> {
+
+    // parse url
+    let url = parse_url(target)?;
+    let client = Client::new().unwrap();
+    let mut resp = client.get(url)?
+        .send()
+        .unwrap();
+    print(format!("HTTP request sent... {}",
+                  style(format!("{}", resp.status())).green()),
+          quiet_mode);
+    if resp.status().is_success() {
+
+        let headers = resp.headers().clone();
+        let ct_len = headers.get::<ContentLength>().map(|ct_len| **ct_len);
+
+        let ct_type = headers.get::<ContentType>().unwrap();
+
+        match ct_len {
+            Some(len) => {
+                print(format!("Length: {} ({})",
+                      style(len).green(),
+                      style(format!("{}", HumanBytes(len))).red()),
+                    quiet_mode);
+            },
+            None => {
+                print(format!("Length: {}", style("unknown").red()), quiet_mode); 
+            },
+        }
+
+        print(format!("Type: {}", style(ct_type).green()), quiet_mode);
+
+        let fname = target.split("/").last().unwrap();
+
+        print(format!("Saving to: {}", style(fname).green()), quiet_mode);
+
+        let chunk_size = match ct_len {
+            Some(x) => x as usize / 99,
+            None => 1024usize, // default chunk size
+        };
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+        let bar = create_progress_bar(quiet_mode, fname, ct_len);
+
+        loop {
+            let mut buffer = vec![0; chunk_size];
+            let bcount = resp.read(&mut buffer[..]).unwrap();
+            buffer.truncate(bcount);
+            if !buffer.is_empty() {
+                buf.extend(buffer.into_boxed_slice()
+                               .into_vec()
+                               .iter()
+                               .cloned());
+                bar.inc(bcount as u64);
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bar.finish();
+
+        save_to_file(&mut buf, fname)?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+
 }
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