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gallery-dl

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*gallery-dl* is a command-line program to download image galleries and

collections from several image hosting sites (see `Supported Sites`_).

It is a cross-platform tool with many configuration options

and powerful `filenaming capabilities <Formatting_>`_.





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Dependencies

============



- Python_ 3.4+

- Requests_



Optional

--------



- FFmpeg_: Pixiv Ugoira to WebM conversion

- youtube-dl_: Video downloads





Installation

============





Pip

---



The stable releases of *gallery-dl* are distributed on PyPI_ and can be

easily installed or upgraded using pip_:



.. code:: bash



    $ python3 -m pip install -U gallery-dl



Installing the latest dev version directly from GitHub can be done with

pip_ as well:



.. code:: bash



    $ python3 -m pip install -U -I --no-deps --no-cache-dir https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/archive/master.tar.gz



Note: Windows users should use :code:`py -3` instead of :code:`python3`.



It is advised to use the latest version of pip_,

including the essential packages :code:`setuptools` and :code:`wheel`.

To ensure these packages are up-to-date, run



.. code:: bash



    $ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel





Standalone Executable

---------------------



Prebuilt executable files with a Python interpreter and

required Python packages included are available for



- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.19.0/gallery-dl.exe>`__

- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.19.0/gallery-dl.bin>`__



| Executables build from the latest commit can be found at

| https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/actions/workflows/executables.yml





Snap

----



Linux users that are using a distro that is supported by Snapd_ can install *gallery-dl* from the Snap Store:



.. code:: bash



    $ snap install gallery-dl





Chocolatey

----------



Windows users that have Chocolatey_ installed can install *gallery-dl* from the Chocolatey Community Packages repository:



.. code:: powershell



    $ choco install gallery-dl





Scoop

-----



*gallery-dl* is also available in the Scoop_ "main" bucket for Windows users:



.. code:: powershell



    $ scoop install gallery-dl





Usage

=====



To use *gallery-dl* simply call it with the URLs you wish to download images

from:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl [OPTION]... URL...



See also :code:`gallery-dl --help`.





Examples

--------



Download images; in this case from danbooru via tag search for 'bonocho':



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl "https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts?tags=bonocho"





Get the direct URL of an image from a site that requires authentication:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl -g -u "<username>" -p "<password>" "https://seiga.nicovideo.jp/seiga/im3211703"





Filter manga chapters by language and chapter number:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl --chapter-filter "lang == 'fr' and 10 <= chapter < 20" "https://mangadex.org/title/2354/"





| Search a remote resource for URLs and download images from them:

| (URLs for which no extractor can be found will be silently ignored)



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl "r:https://pastebin.com/raw/FLwrCYsT"





If a site's address is nonstandard for its extractor, you can prefix the URL with the

extractor's name to force the use of a specific extractor:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl "tumblr:https://sometumblrblog.example"





Configuration

=============



Configuration files for *gallery-dl* use a JSON-based file format.



| For a (more or less) complete example with options set to their default values,

  see gallery-dl.conf_.

| For a configuration file example with more involved settings and options,

  see gallery-dl-example.conf_.

| A list of all available configuration options and their

  descriptions can be found in configuration.rst_.

|



*gallery-dl* searches for configuration files in the following places:



Windows:

    * ``%APPDATA%\gallery-dl\config.json``

    * ``%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl\config.json``

    * ``%USERPROFILE%\gallery-dl.conf``



    (``%USERPROFILE%`` usually refers to the user's home directory,

    i.e. ``C:\Users\<username>\``)



Linux, macOS, etc.:

    * ``/etc/gallery-dl.conf``

    * ``${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gallery-dl/config.json``

    * ``${HOME}/.config/gallery-dl/config.json``

    * ``${HOME}/.gallery-dl.conf``



Values in later configuration files will override previous ones.



Command line options will override all related settings in the configuration file(s),

e.g. using ``--write-metadata`` will enable writing metadata using the default values

for all ``postprocessors.metadata.*`` settings, overriding any specific settings in

configuration files.





Authentication

==============



Username & Password

-------------------



Some extractors require you to provide valid login credentials in the form of

a username & password pair. This is necessary for

``nijie`` and ``seiga``

and optional for

``aryion``,

``danbooru``,

``e621``,

``exhentai``,

``idolcomplex``,

``imgbb``,

``inkbunny``,

``instagram``,

``mangadex``,

``mangoxo``,

``pillowfort``,

``sankaku``,

``subscribestar``,

``tapas``,

``tsumino``,

and ``twitter``.



You can set the necessary information in your configuration file

(cf. gallery-dl.conf_)



.. code:: json



    {

        "extractor": {

            "seiga": {

                "username": "<username>",

                "password": "<password>"

            }

        }

    }



or you can provide them directly via the

:code:`-u/--username` and :code:`-p/--password` or via the

:code:`-o/--option` command-line options



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl -u <username> -p <password> URL

    $ gallery-dl -o username=<username> -o password=<password> URL





Cookies

-------



For sites where login with username & password is not possible due to

CAPTCHA or similar, or has not been implemented yet, you can use the

cookies from a browser login session and input them into *gallery-dl*.



This can be done via the

`cookies <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/docs/configuration.rst#extractorcookies>`__

option in your configuration file by specifying



- | the path to a Mozilla/Netscape format cookies.txt file exported by a browser addon

  | (e.g. `Get cookies.txt <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt/bgaddhkoddajcdgocldbbfleckgcbcid/>`__ for Chrome,

    `Export Cookies <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies-txt/>`__ for Firefox)



- | a list of name-value pairs gathered from your browser's web developer tools

  | (in `Chrome <https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/storage/cookies>`__,

     in `Firefox <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Storage_Inspector>`__)



For example:



.. code:: json



    {

        "extractor": {

            "instagram": {

                "cookies": "$HOME/path/to/cookies.txt"

            },

            "patreon": {

                "cookies": {

                    "session_id": "K1T57EKu19TR49C51CDjOJoXNQLF7VbdVOiBrC9ye0a"

                }

            }

        }

    }



You can also specify a cookies.txt file with

the :code:`--cookies` command-line option:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl --cookies "$HOME/path/to/cookies.txt" URL





OAuth

-----



*gallery-dl* supports user authentication via OAuth_ for

``deviantart``, ``flickr``, ``reddit``, ``smugmug``, ``tumblr``,

and ``mastodon`` instances.

This is mostly optional, but grants *gallery-dl* the ability

to issue requests on your account's behalf and enables it to access resources

which would otherwise be unavailable to a public user.



To link your account to *gallery-dl*, start by invoking it with

``oauth:<sitename>`` as an argument. For example:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl oauth:flickr



You will be sent to the site's authorization page and asked to grant read

access to *gallery-dl*. Authorize it and you will be shown one or more

"tokens", which should be added to your configuration file.



To authenticate with a ``mastodon`` instance, run *gallery-dl* with

``oauth:mastodon:<instance>`` as argument. For example:



.. code:: bash



    $ gallery-dl oauth:mastodon:pawoo.net

    $ gallery-dl oauth:mastodon:https://mastodon.social/







.. _gallery-dl.conf:         https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/docs/gallery-dl.conf

.. _gallery-dl-example.conf: https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/docs/gallery-dl-example.conf

.. _configuration.rst:       https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/docs/configuration.rst

.. _Supported Sites:         https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/docs/supportedsites.md

.. _Formatting:              https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/master/docs/formatting.md



.. _Python:     https://www.python.org/downloads/

.. _PyPI:       https://pypi.org/

.. _pip:        https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/

.. _Requests:   https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/master/

.. _FFmpeg:     https://www.ffmpeg.org/

.. _youtube-dl: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/

.. _pyOpenSSL:  https://pyopenssl.org/

.. _Snapd:      https://docs.snapcraft.io/installing-snapd

.. _OAuth:      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth

.. _Chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/install

.. _Scoop:      https://scoop.sh



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