Use the Python API in the download instructions

README.md

@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ Benchmark labels, ID-Head features, model predictions, and the outputs of the re
 The folders mirror the layout of the repository root, which the scripts use as their data root. Download into a clone of the GitHub repository, all at once or by folder:
 
 ```bash
-huggingface-cli download wolfkingttf/IDSet3D --repo-type dataset --local-dir . --exclude README.md .gitattributes
-huggingface-cli download wolfkingttf/IDSet3D --repo-type dataset --local-dir . --include "predictions/*"   # one folder only
+pip install -U huggingface_hub
+python - <<'EOF'
+from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+skip = ["README.md", ".gitattributes"]   # keep the GitHub repository's README.md and .gitattributes
+snapshot_download("wolfkingttf/IDSet3D", repo_type="dataset", local_dir=".", ignore_patterns=skip)
+EOF
 sha256sum -c checksums/IDSet3D.sha256 --ignore-missing
 ```
 
-Excluding `README.md` and `.gitattributes` keeps the files of the GitHub repository from being replaced.
+Skipping `README.md` and `.gitattributes` keeps the files of the GitHub repository from being replaced. To fetch only some folders, add `allow_patterns=["predictions/*", "checksums/*"]` to the call.
 
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