Provided by: gallery-dl_1.28.1-1_all 
NAME
gallery-dl - download image-galleries and -collections
SYNOPSIS
gallery-dl [OPTION]... URL...
DESCRIPTION
gallery-dl is a command-line program to download image-galleries and -collections from
several image hosting sites. It is a cross-platform tool with many configuration options
and powerful filenaming capabilities.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Print this help message and exit
--version
Print program version and exit
-f, --filename FORMAT
Filename format string for downloaded files ('/O' for "original" filenames)
-d, --destination PATH
Target location for file downloads
-D, --directory PATH
Exact location for file downloads
-X, --extractors PATH
Load external extractors from PATH
--user-agent UA
User-Agent request header
--clear-cache MODULE
Delete cached login sessions, cookies, etc. for MODULE (ALL to delete everything)
-U, --update-check
Check if a newer version is available
-i, --input-file FILE
Download URLs found in FILE ('-' for stdin). More than one --input-file can be
specified
-I, --input-file-comment FILE
Download URLs found in FILE. Comment them out after they were downloaded
successfully.
-x, --input-file-delete FILE
Download URLs found in FILE. Delete them after they were downloaded successfully.
--no-input
Do not prompt for passwords/tokens
-q, --quiet
Activate quiet mode
-w, --warning
Print only warnings and errors
-v, --verbose
Print various debugging information
-g, --get-urls
Print URLs instead of downloading
-G, --resolve-urls
Print URLs instead of downloading; resolve intermediary URLs
-j, --dump-json
Print JSON information
-J, --resolve-json
Print JSON information; resolve intermediary URLs
-s, --simulate
Simulate data extraction; do not download anything
-E, --extractor-info
Print extractor defaults and settings
-K, --list-keywords
Print a list of available keywords and example values for the given URLs
-e, --error-file FILE
Add input URLs which returned an error to FILE
-N, --print [EVENT:]FORMAT
Write FORMAT during EVENT (default 'prepare') to standard output. Examples: 'id' or
'post:{md5[:8]}'
--print-to-file [EVENT:]FORMAT FILE
Append FORMAT during EVENT to FILE
--list-modules
Print a list of available extractor modules
--list-extractors CATEGORIES
Print a list of extractor classes with description, (sub)category and example URL
--write-log FILE
Write logging output to FILE
--write-unsupported FILE
Write URLs, which get emitted by other extractors but cannot be handled, to FILE
--write-pages
Write downloaded intermediary pages to files in the current directory to debug
problems
--print-traffic
Display sent and read HTTP traffic
--no-colors
Do not emit ANSI color codes in output
-R, --retries N
Maximum number of retries for failed HTTP requests or -1 for infinite retries
(default: 4)
--http-timeout SECONDS
Timeout for HTTP connections (default: 30.0)
--proxy URL
Use the specified proxy
--source-address IP
Client-side IP address to bind to
-4, --force-ipv4
Make all connections via IPv4
-6, --force-ipv6
Make all connections via IPv6
--no-check-certificate
Disable HTTPS certificate validation
-r, --limit-rate RATE
Maximum download rate (e.g. 500k or 2.5M)
--chunk-size SIZE
Size of in-memory data chunks (default: 32k)
--sleep SECONDS
Number of seconds to wait before each download. This can be either a constant value
or a range (e.g. 2.7 or 2.0-3.5)
--sleep-request SECONDS
Number of seconds to wait between HTTP requests during data extraction
--sleep-extractor SECONDS
Number of seconds to wait before starting data extraction for an input URL
--no-part
Do not use .part files
--no-skip
Do not skip downloads; overwrite existing files
--no-mtime
Do not set file modification times according to Last-Modified HTTP response headers
--no-download
Do not download any files
-o, --option KEY=VALUE
Additional options. Example: -o browser=firefox
-c, --config FILE
Additional configuration files
--config-yaml FILE
Additional configuration files in YAML format
--config-toml FILE
Additional configuration files in TOML format
--config-create
Create a basic configuration file
--config-status
Show configuration file status
--config-open
Open configuration file in external application
--config-ignore
Do not read default configuration files
-u, --username USER
Username to login with
-p, --password PASS
Password belonging to the given username
--netrc
Enable .netrc authentication data
-C, --cookies FILE
File to load additional cookies from
--cookies-export FILE
Export session cookies to FILE
--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[/DOMAIN][+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]
Name of the browser to load cookies from, with optional domain prefixed with '/',
keyring name prefixed with '+', profile prefixed with ':', and container prefixed
with '::' ('none' for no container (default), 'all' for all containers)
-A, --abort N
Stop current extractor run after N consecutive file downloads were skipped
-T, --terminate N
Stop current and parent extractor runs after N consecutive file downloads were
skipped
--filesize-min SIZE
Do not download files smaller than SIZE (e.g. 500k or 2.5M)
--filesize-max SIZE
Do not download files larger than SIZE (e.g. 500k or 2.5M)
--download-archive FILE
Record all downloaded or skipped files in FILE and skip downloading any file
already in it
--range RANGE
Index range(s) specifying which files to download. These can be either a constant
value, range, or slice (e.g. '5', '8-20', or '1:24:3')
--chapter-range RANGE
Like '--range', but applies to manga chapters and other delegated URLs
--filter EXPR
Python expression controlling which files to download. Files for which the
expression evaluates to False are ignored. Available keys are the filename-specific
ones listed by '-K'. Example: --filter "image_width >= 1000 and rating in ('s',
'q')"
--chapter-filter EXPR
Like '--filter', but applies to manga chapters and other delegated URLs
-P, --postprocessor NAME
Activate the specified post processor
--no-postprocessors
Do not run any post processors
-O, --postprocessor-option KEY=VALUE
Additional post processor options
--write-metadata
Write metadata to separate JSON files
--write-info-json
Write gallery metadata to a info.json file
--write-tags
Write image tags to separate text files
--zip Store downloaded files in a ZIP archive
--cbz Store downloaded files in a CBZ archive
--mtime NAME
Set file modification times according to metadata selected by NAME. Examples:
'date' or 'status[date]'
--rename FORMAT
Rename previously downloaded files from FORMAT to the current filename format
--rename-to FORMAT
Rename previously downloaded files from the current filename format to FORMAT
--ugoira FMT
Convert Pixiv Ugoira to FMT using FFmpeg. Supported formats are 'webm', 'mp4',
'gif', 'vp8', 'vp9', 'vp9-lossless', 'copy', 'zip'.
--exec CMD
Execute CMD for each downloaded file. Supported replacement fields are {} or
{_path}, {_directory}, {_filename}. Example: --exec "convert {} {}.png && rm {}"
--exec-after CMD
Execute CMD after all files were downloaded. Example: --exec-after "cd {_directory}
&& convert * ../doc.pdf"
EXAMPLES
gallery-dl URL
Download images from URL.
gallery-dl -g -u <username> -p <password> URL
Print direct URLs from a site that requires authentication.
gallery-dl --filter 'type == "ugoira"' --range '2-4' URL
Apply filter and range expressions. This will only download the second, third, and
fourth file where its type value is equal to "ugoira".
gallery-dl r:URL
Scan URL for other URLs and invoke gallery-dl on them.
gallery-dl oauth:SITE-NAME
Gain OAuth authentication tokens for deviantart, flickr, reddit, smugmug, and
tumblr.
FILES
/etc/gallery-dl.conf
The system wide configuration file.
~/.config/gallery-dl/config.json
Per user configuration file.
~/.gallery-dl.conf
Alternate per user configuration file.
BUGS
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues
AUTHORS
Mike Fährmann <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
and https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/graphs/contributors
SEE ALSO
gallery-dl.conf(5)