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==========
*gallery-dl* is a small command-line tool to download images and entire image
galleries from several image hosting platforms. It requires Python 3.3+ to run
and works on Unix-like systems as well as Windows.
galleries from several `image hosting platforms`_. It requires Python 3.3+ to
run and works on Unix-like systems as well as Windows.
Dependencies
============
- Python_ 3.3+
- Requests_ 2.4.2+
Installation
============
You can install *gallery-dl* with pip:
You can install *gallery-dl* from PyPI with pip_:
.. code:: bash
$ pip install gallery-dl
or directly from github:
or directly from GitHub:
.. code:: bash
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$ cd gallery-dl
$ python3 setup.py install
Usage
=====
To download collections of images, simply call *gallery-dl* with the URLs
pointing to them:
.. code:: bash
$ gallery-dl [URL]...
$ gallery-dl https://imgur.com/a/cMUxc
See also :code:`gallery-dl --help`.
.. _image hosting platforms:
Supported Sites
===============
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*gallery-dl* searches for configuration files in the following paths:
* ``/etc/gallery-dl.conf``
* ``~/.config/gallery-dl/config.json``
* ``~/.gallery-dl.conf``
+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Linux | Windows |
+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|* ``/etc/gallery-dl.conf`` |* |
|* ``${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json``|* ``%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl\config.json``|
|* ``${HOME}/.gallery-dl.conf`` |* ``%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl.conf`` |
+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
Values in later configuration files will override previous ones.
(``%USERPROFILE%`` usually refers to the users home directory,
i.e. ``C:\Users\<username>\``)
Values in later configuration files will override previous ones.
Authentication
==============
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$ gallery-dl -u <username> -p <password> URL
$ gallery-dl -o username=<username> -o password=<password> URL
.. _gallery-dl.conf: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/gallery-dl.conf
.. _Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/
.. _Requests: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests/
.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/

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