GALLERY-DL.CONF(5)

NAME
gallery-dl.conf - gallery-dl configuration file

DESCRIPTION
gallery-dl will search for configuration files in the following places every time it is started, unless --ignore-config is specified:

    /etc/gallery-dl.conf
    $HOME/.config/gallery-dl/config.json
    $HOME/.gallery-dl.conf

It is also possible to specify additional configuration files with the -c/--config command-line option or to add further option values with -o/--option as <key>=<value> pairs, Configuration files are JSON-based and therefore don't allow any ordinary comments, but, since unused keys are simply ignored, it is possible to utilize those as makeshift comments by settings their values to arbitrary strings.

EXAMPLE
{
    "base-directory": "/tmp/",
    "extractor": {
        "pixiv": {
            "directory": ["Pixiv", "Works", "{user[id]}"],
            "filename": "{id}{num}.{extension}",
            "username": "foo",
            "password": "bar"
        },
        "flickr": {
            "_comment": "OAuth keys for account 'foobar'",
            "access-token": "0123456789-0123456789abcdef",
            "access-token-secret": "fedcba9876543210"
        }
    },
    "downloader": {
        "retries": 3,
        "timeout": 2.5
    }
}

EXTRACTOR OPTIONS

  extractor.*.filename

Type:
    * string
    * object (condition -> format string)

Example:
    "{manga}_c{chapter}_{page:>03}.{extension}" { "extension == 'mp4'": "{id}_video.{extension}", "'nature' in title" : "{id}_{title}.{extension}", "" : "{id}_default.{extension}" }

Description:
    A format string to build filenames for downloaded files with. If this is an object, it must contain Python expressions mapping to the filename format strings to use. These expressions are evaluated in the order as specified in Python 3.6+ and in an undetermined order in Python 3.4 and 3.5. The available replacement keys depend on the extractor used. A list of keys for a specific one can be acquired by calling *gallery-dl* with the -K/--list-keywords command-line option. For example: $ gallery-dl -K http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/seiga/im5977527 Keywords for directory names: category seiga subcategory image Keywords for filenames: category seiga extension None image-id 5977527 subcategory image Note: Even if the value of the extension key is missing or None, it will be filled in later when the file download is starting. This key is therefore always available to provide a valid filename extension.

  extractor.*.directory

Type:
    * list of strings
    * object (condition -> format strings)

Example:
    ["{category}", "{manga}", "c{chapter} - {title}"] { "'nature' in content": ["Nature Pictures"], "retweet_id != 0" : ["{category}", "{user[name]}", "Retweets"], "" : ["{category}", "{user[name]}"] }

Description:
    A list of format strings to build target directory paths with. If this is an object, it must contain Python expressions mapping to the list of format strings to use. Each individual string in such a list represents a single path segment, which will be joined together and appended to the base-directory to form the complete target directory path.

  extractor.*.base-directory

Type:
    Path

Default:
    "./gallery-dl/"

Description:
    Directory path used as base for all download destinations.

  extractor.*.parent-directory

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Use an extractor's current target directory as base-directory for any spawned child extractors.

  extractor.*.parent-metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    If true, overwrite any metadata provided by a child extractor with its parent's. If this is a string, add a parent's metadata to its children's
    to a field named after said string. For example with "parent-metadata": "_p_":
    { "id": "child-id", "_p_": {"id": "parent-id"} }

  extractor.*.parent-skip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Share number of skipped downloads between parent and child extractors.

  extractor.*.path-restrict

Type:
    * string
    * object (character -> replacement character(s))

Default:
    "auto"

Example:
    * "/!? (){}"
    * {" ": "_", "/": "-", "|": "-", ":": "-", "*": "+"}

Description:
    A string of characters to be replaced with the value of
    path-replace or an object mapping invalid/unwanted characters to their replacements
    for generated path segment names.
    Special values:
    * "auto": Use characters from "unix" or "windows" depending on the local operating system
    * "unix": "/"
    * "windows": "\\\\|/<>:\"?*"
    * "ascii": "^0-9A-Za-z_." Note: In a string with 2 or more characters, []^-\ need to be escaped with backslashes, e.g. "\\[\\]"

  extractor.*.path-replace

Type:
    string

Default:
    "_"

Description:
    The replacement character(s) for path-restrict

  extractor.*.path-remove

Type:
    string

Default:
    "\u0000-\u001f\u007f" (ASCII control characters)

Description:
    Set of characters to remove from generated path names. Note: In a string with 2 or more characters, []^-\ need to be escaped with backslashes, e.g. "\\[\\]"

  extractor.*.path-strip

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Set of characters to remove from the end of generated path segment names using str.rstrip() Special values:
    * "auto": Use characters from "unix" or "windows" depending on the local operating system
    * "unix": ""
    * "windows": ". "

  extractor.*.path-extended

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    On Windows, use extended-length paths prefixed with \\?\ to work around the 260 characters path length limit.

  extractor.*.extension-map

Type:
    object (extension -> replacement)

Default:
    { "jpeg": "jpg", "jpe" : "jpg", "jfif": "jpg", "jif" : "jpg", "jfi" : "jpg" }

Description:
    A JSON object mapping filename extensions to their replacements.

  extractor.*.skip

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls the behavior when downloading files that have been downloaded before, i.e. a file with the same filename already exists or its ID is in a download archive.
    * true: Skip downloads
    * false: Overwrite already existing files
    * "abort": Stop the current extractor run
    * "abort:N": Skip downloads and stop the current extractor run after N consecutive skips
    * "terminate": Stop the current extractor run, including parent extractors
    * "terminate:N": Skip downloads and stop the current extractor run, including parent extractors, after N consecutive skips
    * "exit": Exit the program altogether
    * "exit:N": Skip downloads and exit the program after N consecutive skips
    * "enumerate": Add an enumeration index to the beginning of the filename extension (file.1.ext, file.2.ext, etc.)

  extractor.*.sleep

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    0

Description:
    Number of seconds to sleep before each download.

  extractor.*.sleep-extractor

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    0

Description:
    Number of seconds to sleep before handling an input URL, i.e. before starting a new extractor.

  extractor.*.sleep-request

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    0

Description:
    Minimal time interval in seconds between each HTTP request during data extraction.

  extractor.*.username & .password

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The username and password to use when attempting to log in to another site. Specifying a username and password is required for
    * nijie and optional for
    * aibooru (*)
    * aryion
    * atfbooru (*)
    * danbooru (*)
    * e621 (*)
    * e926 (*)
    * exhentai
    * idolcomplex
    * imgbb
    * inkbunny
    * kemonoparty
    * mangadex
    * mangoxo
    * pillowfort
    * sankaku
    * seisoparty
    * subscribestar
    * tapas
    * tsumino
    * twitter
    * zerochan These values can also be specified via the -u/--username and -p/--password command-line options or by using a .netrc file. (see Authentication_) (*) The password value for these sites should be the API key found in your user profile, not the actual account password.

  extractor.*.netrc

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Enable the use of .netrc authentication data.

  extractor.*.cookies

Type:
    * Path
    * object (name -> value)
    * list

Description:
    Source to read additional cookies from. This can be
    * The Path to a Mozilla/Netscape format cookies.txt file "~/.local/share/cookies-instagram-com.txt"
    * An object specifying cookies as name-value pairs { "cookie-name": "cookie-value", "sessionid" : "14313336321%3AsabDFvuASDnlpb%3A31", "isAdult" : "1" }
    * A list with up to 4 entries specifying a browser profile.
    * The first entry is the browser name
    * The optional second entry is a profile name or an absolute path to a profile directory
    * The optional third entry is the keyring to retrieve passwords for decrypting cookies from
    * The optional fourth entry is a (Firefox) container name ("none" for only cookies with no container)
    * The optional fifth entry is the domain to extract cookies for. Prefix it with a dot . to include cookies for subdomains. Has no effect when also specifying a container. ["firefox"] ["firefox", null, null, "Personal"] ["chromium", "Private", "kwallet", null, ".twitter.com"]

  extractor.*.cookies-update

Type:
    * bool
    * Path

Default:
    true

Description:
    Export session cookies in cookies.txt format.
    * If this is a Path, write cookies to the given file path.
    * If this is true and extractor.*.cookies specifies the Path of a valid cookies.txt file, update its contents.

  extractor.*.proxy

Type:
    * string
    * object (scheme -> proxy)

Example:
    "http://10.10.1.10:3128" { "http" : "http://10.10.1.10:3128", "https": "http://10.10.1.10:1080", "http://10.20.1.128": "http://10.10.1.10:5323" }

Description:
    Proxy (or proxies) to be used for remote connections.
    * If this is a string, it is the proxy URL for all outgoing requests.
    * If this is an object, it is a scheme-to-proxy mapping to specify different proxy URLs for each scheme. It is also possible to set a proxy for a specific host by using scheme://host as key. See Requests' proxy documentation for more details. Note: If a proxy URLs does not include a scheme, http:// is assumed.

  extractor.*.source-address

Type:
    * string
    * list with 1 string and 1 integer as elements

Example:
    * "192.168.178.20"
    * ["192.168.178.20", 8080]

Description:
    Client-side IP address to bind to. Can be either a simple string with just the local IP address
    or a list with IP and explicit port number as elements.

  extractor.*.user-agent

Type:
    string

Default:
    "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0"

Description:
    User-Agent header value to be used for HTTP requests. Setting this value to "browser" will try to automatically detect and use the User-Agent used by the system's default browser. Note: This option has no effect on pixiv, e621, and mangadex extractors, as these need specific values to function correctly.

  extractor.*.browser

Type:
    string

Default:
    * "firefox" for patreon, mangapark, and mangasee
    * null everywhere else

Example:
    * "chrome:macos"

Description:
    Try to emulate a real browser (firefox or chrome) by using their default HTTP headers and TLS ciphers for HTTP requests. Optionally, the operating system used in the User-Agent header can be specified after a : (windows, linux, or macos). Note: requests and urllib3 only support HTTP/1.1, while a real browser would use HTTP/2.

  extractor.*.headers

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Default:
    { "User-Agent" : "<extractor.*.user-agent>", "Accept" : "*/*", "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.5", "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate" }

Description:
    Additional HTTP headers to be sent with each HTTP request, To disable sending a header, set its value to null.

  extractor.*.ciphers

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305"]

Description:
    List of TLS/SSL cipher suites in OpenSSL cipher list format to be passed to ssl.SSLContext.set_ciphers()

  extractor.*.keywords

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Example:
    {"type": "Pixel Art", "type_id": 123}

Description:
    Additional name-value pairs to be added to each metadata dictionary.

  extractor.*.keywords-default

Type:
    any

Default:
    "None"

Description:
    Default value used for missing or undefined keyword names in format strings.

  extractor.*.url-metadata

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Insert a file's download URL into its metadata dictionary as the given name. For example, setting this option to "gdl_file_url" will cause a new metadata field with name gdl_file_url to appear, which contains the current file's download URL. This can then be used in filenames, with a metadata post processor, etc.

  extractor.*.path-metadata

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Insert a reference to the current PathFormat data structure into metadata dictionaries as the given name. For example, setting this option to "gdl_path" would make it possible to access the current file's filename as "{gdl_path.filename}".

  extractor.*.http-metadata

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Insert an object containing a file's HTTP headers and filename, extension, and date parsed from them into metadata dictionaries as the given name. For example, setting this option to "gdl_http" would make it possible to access the current file's Last-Modified header as "{gdl_http[Last-Modified]}" and its parsed form as "{gdl_http[date]}".

  extractor.*.version-metadata

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Insert an object containing gallery-dl's version info into metadata dictionaries as the given name. The content of the object is as follows: { "version" : "string", "is_executable" : "bool", "current_git_head": "string or null" }

  extractor.*.category-transfer

Type:
    bool

Default:
    Extractor-specific

Description:
    Transfer an extractor's (sub)category values to all child extractors spawned by it, to let them inherit their parent's config options.

  extractor.*.blacklist & .whitelist

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["oauth", "recursive", "test"] + current extractor category

Example:
    ["imgur", "gfycat:user", "*:image"]

Description:
    A list of extractor identifiers to ignore (or allow) when spawning child extractors for unknown URLs, e.g. from reddit or plurk. Each identifier can be
    * A category or basecategory name ("imgur", "mastodon")
    * | A (base)category-subcategory pair, where both names are separated by a colon ("gfycat:user"). Both names can be a * or left empty, matching all possible names ("*:image", ":user").
    Note: Any blacklist setting will automatically include "oauth", "recursive", and "test".

  extractor.*.archive

Type:
    Path

Default:
    null

Example:
    "$HOME/.archives/{category}.sqlite3"

Description:
    File to store IDs of downloaded files in. Downloads of files already recorded in this archive file will be skipped. The resulting archive file is not a plain text file but an SQLite3 database, as either lookup operations are significantly faster or memory requirements are significantly lower when the amount of stored IDs gets reasonably large. Note: Archive files that do not already exist get generated automatically. Note: Archive paths support regular format string replacements, but be aware that using external inputs for building local paths may pose a security risk.

  extractor.*.archive-format

Type:
    string

Example:
    "{id}_{offset}"

Description:
    An alternative format string to build archive IDs with.

  extractor.*.archive-prefix

Type:
    string

Default:
    "{category}"

Description:
    Prefix for archive IDs.

  extractor.*.archive-pragma

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["journal_mode=WAL", "synchronous=NORMAL"]

Description:
    A list of SQLite PRAGMA statements to run during archive initialization. See <https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html> for available PRAGMA statements and further details.

  extractor.*.postprocessors

Type:
    list of Postprocessor Configuration objects

Example:
    [ { "name": "zip" , "compression": "store" }, { "name": "exec", "command": ["/home/foobar/script", "{category}", "{image_id}"] } ]

Description:
    A list of post processors to be applied to each downloaded file in the specified order. Unlike other options, a postprocessors setting at a deeper level
    does not override any postprocessors setting at a lower level. Instead, all post processors from all applicable postprocessors
    settings get combined into a single list. For example
    * an mtime post processor at extractor.postprocessors,
    * a zip post processor at extractor.pixiv.postprocessors,
    * and using --exec will run all three post processors - mtime, zip, exec - for each downloaded pixiv file.

  extractor.*.postprocessor-options

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Example:
    { "archive": null, "keep-files": true }

Description:
    Additional Postprocessor Options that get added to each individual post processor object before initializing it and evaluating filters.

  extractor.*.retries

Type:
    integer

Default:
    4

Description:
    Maximum number of times a failed HTTP request is retried before giving up, or -1 for infinite retries.

  extractor.*.retry-codes

Type:
    list of integers

Example:
    [404, 429, 430]

Description:
    Additional HTTP response status codes to retry an HTTP request on. 2xx codes (success responses) and 3xx codes (redirection messages) will never be retried and always count as success, regardless of this option. 5xx codes (server error responses) will always be retried, regardless of this option.

  extractor.*.timeout

Type:
    float

Default:
    30.0

Description:
    Amount of time (in seconds) to wait for a successful connection and response from a remote server. This value gets internally used as the timeout parameter for the requests.request() method.

  extractor.*.verify

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls whether to verify SSL/TLS certificates for HTTPS requests. If this is a string, it must be the path to a CA bundle to use instead of the default certificates. This value gets internally used as the verify parameter for the requests.request() method.

  extractor.*.download

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls whether to download media files. Setting this to false won't download any files, but all other functions (postprocessors, download archive, etc.) will be executed as normal.

  extractor.*.fallback

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Use fallback download URLs when a download fails.

  extractor.*.image-range

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Examples:
    * "10-20"
    * "-5, 10, 30-50, 100-"
    * "10:21, 30:51:2, :5, 100:"
    * ["-5", "10", "30-50", "100-"]

Description:
    Index range(s) selecting which files to download. These can be specified as
    * index: 3 (file number 3)
    * range: 2-4 (files 2, 3, and 4)
    * slice: 3:8:2 (files 3, 5, and 7) Arguments for range and slice notation are optional
    and will default to begin (1) or end (sys.maxsize) if omitted. For example 5-, 5:, and 5:: all mean "Start at file number 5".
    Note: The index of the first file is 1.

  extractor.*.chapter-range

Type:
    string

Description:
    Like image-range, but applies to delegated URLs like manga chapters, etc.

  extractor.*.image-filter

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Examples:
    * "re.search(r'foo(bar)+', description)"
    * ["width >= 1200", "width/height > 1.2"]

Description:
    Python expression controlling which files to download. A file only gets downloaded when *all* of the given expressions evaluate to True. Available values are the filename-specific ones listed by -K or -j.

  extractor.*.chapter-filter

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Examples:
    * "lang == 'en'"
    * ["language == 'French'", "10 <= chapter < 20"]

Description:
    Like image-filter, but applies to delegated URLs like manga chapters, etc.

  extractor.*.image-unique

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Ignore image URLs that have been encountered before during the current extractor run.

  extractor.*.chapter-unique

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Like image-unique, but applies to delegated URLs like manga chapters, etc.

  extractor.*.date-format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"

Description:
    Format string used to parse string values of date-min and date-max. See strptime for a list of formatting directives. Note: Despite its name, this option does **not** control how {date} metadata fields are formatted. To use a different formatting for those values other than the default %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S, put strptime formatting directives after a colon :, for example {date:%Y%m%d}.

EXTRACTOR-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

  extractor.artstation.external

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Try to follow external URLs of embedded players.

  extractor.artstation.max-posts

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Limit the number of posts/projects to download.

  extractor.artstation.search.pro-first

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Enable the "Show Studio and Pro member artwork first" checkbox when retrieving search results.

  extractor.aryion.recursive

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls the post extraction strategy.
    * true: Start on users' main gallery pages and recursively descend into subfolders
    * false: Get posts from "Latest Updates" pages

  extractor.bbc.width

Type:
    integer

Default:
    1920

Description:
    Specifies the requested image width. This value must be divisble by 16 and gets rounded down otherwise. The maximum possible value appears to be 1920.

  extractor.blogger.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download embedded videos hosted on https://www.blogger.com/

  extractor.cyberdrop.domain

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Example:
    "cyberdrop.to"

Description:
    Specifies the domain used by cyberdrop regardless of input URL. Setting this option to "auto" uses the same domain as a given input URL.

  extractor.danbooru.external

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For unavailable or restricted posts, follow the source and download from there if possible.

  extractor.danbooru.ugoira

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls the download target for Ugoira posts.
    * true: Original ZIP archives
    * false: Converted video files

  extractor.[Danbooru].metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * replacements,comments,ai_tags
    * ["replacements", "comments", "ai_tags"]

Description:
    Extract additional metadata (notes, artist commentary, parent, children, uploader) It is possible to specify a custom list of metadata includes. See available_includes for possible field names. aibooru also supports ai_metadata. Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per 200-post batch.

  extractor.{Danbooru].threshold

Type:
    * string
    * integer

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Stop paginating over API results if the length of a batch of returned posts is less than the specified number. Defaults to the per-page limit of the current instance, which is 200. Note: Changing this setting is normally not necessary. When the value is greater than the per-page limit, gallery-dl will stop after the first batch. The value cannot be less than 1.

  extractor.derpibooru.api-key

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Your Derpibooru API Key, to use your account's browsing settings and filters.

  extractor.derpibooru.filter

Type:
    integer

Default:
    56027 (Everything filter)

Description:
    The content filter ID to use. Setting an explicit filter ID overrides any default filters and can be used to access 18+ content without API Key. See Filters for details.

  extractor.deviantart.auto-watch

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Automatically watch users when encountering "Watchers-Only Deviations" (requires a refresh-token).

  extractor.deviantart.auto-unwatch

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    After watching a user through auto-watch, unwatch that user at the end of the current extractor run.

  extractor.deviantart.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract comments metadata.

  extractor.deviantart.extra

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download extra Sta.sh resources from description texts and journals. Note: Enabling this option also enables deviantart.metadata_.

  extractor.deviantart.flat

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Select the directory structure created by the Gallery- and Favorite-Extractors.
    * true: Use a flat directory structure.
    * false: Collect a list of all gallery-folders or favorites-collections and transfer any further work to other extractors (folder or collection), which will then create individual subdirectories for each of them. Note: Going through all gallery folders will not be able to fetch deviations which aren't in any folder.

  extractor.deviantart.folders

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Provide a folders metadata field that contains the names of all folders a deviation is present in. Note: Gathering this information requires a lot of API calls. Use with caution.

  extractor.deviantart.group

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Check whether the profile name in a given URL belongs to a group or a regular user.

  extractor.deviantart.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "gallery"

Example:
    * "favorite,journal,scraps"
    * ["favorite", "journal", "scraps"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "gallery", "scraps", "journal", "favorite", "status". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.deviantart.journals

Type:
    string

Default:
    "html"

Description:
    Selects the output format for textual content. This includes journals, literature and status updates.
    * "html": HTML with (roughly) the same layout as on DeviantArt.
    * "text": Plain text with image references and HTML tags removed.
    * "none": Don't download textual content.

  extractor.deviantart.mature

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Enable mature content. This option simply sets the mature_content parameter for API calls to either "true" or "false" and does not do any other form of content filtering.

  extractor.deviantart.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Request extended metadata for deviation objects to additionally provide description, tags, license and is_watching fields.

  extractor.deviantart.original

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download original files if available. Setting this option to "images" only downloads original files if they are images and falls back to preview versions for everything else (archives, etc.).

  extractor.deviantart.pagination

Type:
    string

Default:
    "api"

Description:
    Controls when to stop paginating over API results.
    * "api": Trust the API and stop when has_more is false.
    * "manual": Disregard has_more and only stop when a batch of results is empty.

  extractor.deviantart.public

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Use a public access token for API requests. Disable this option to *force* using a private token for all requests when a refresh token is provided.

  extractor.deviantart.refresh-token

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The refresh-token value you get from linking your DeviantArt account to gallery-dl. Using a refresh-token allows you to access private or otherwise not publicly available deviations. Note: The refresh-token becomes invalid after 3 months or whenever your cache file is deleted or cleared.

  extractor.deviantart.wait-min

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Minimum wait time in seconds before API requests.

  extractor.[E621].metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * notes,pools
    * ["notes", "pools"

Description:
    Extract additional metadata (notes, pool metadata) if available. Note: This requires 0-2 additional HTTP requests per post.

  extractor.[E621].threshold

Type:
    * string
    * integer

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Stop paginating over API results if the length of a batch of returned posts is less than the specified number. Defaults to the per-page limit of the current instance, which is 320. Note: Changing this setting is normally not necessary. When the value is greater than the per-page limit, gallery-dl will stop after the first batch. The value cannot be less than 1.

  extractor.exhentai.domain

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    * "auto": Use e-hentai.org or exhentai.org depending on the input URL
    * "e-hentai.org": Use e-hentai.org for all URLs
    * "exhentai.org": Use exhentai.org for all URLs

  extractor.exhentai.limits

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Sets a custom image download limit and stops extraction when it gets exceeded.

  extractor.exhentai.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Load extended gallery metadata from the API. Adds archiver_key, posted, and torrents. Makes date and filesize more precise.

  extractor.exhentai.original

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download full-sized original images if available.

  extractor.exhentai.source

Type:
    string

Default:
    "gallery"

Description:
    Selects an alternative source to download files from.
    * "hitomi": Download the corresponding gallery from hitomi.la

  extractor.fanbox.embeds

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Control behavior on embedded content from external sites.
    * true: Extract embed URLs and download them if supported (videos are not downloaded).
    * "ytdl": Like true, but let youtube-dl handle video extraction and download for YouTube, Vimeo and SoundCloud embeds.
    * false: Ignore embeds.

  extractor.flickr.access-token & .access-token-secret

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The access_token and access_token_secret values you get from linking your Flickr account to gallery-dl.

  extractor.flickr.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Extract and download videos.

  extractor.flickr.size-max

Type:
    * integer
    * string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Sets the maximum allowed size for downloaded images.
    * If this is an integer, it specifies the maximum image dimension (width and height) in pixels.
    * If this is a string, it should be one of Flickr's format specifiers ("Original", "Large", ... or "o", "k", "h", "l", ...) to use as an upper limit.

  extractor.furaffinity.descriptions

Type:
    string

Default:
    "text"

Description:
    Controls the format of description metadata fields.
    * "text": Plain text with HTML tags removed
    * "html": Raw HTML content

  extractor.furaffinity.external

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Follow external URLs linked in descriptions.

  extractor.furaffinity.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "gallery"

Example:
    * "scraps,favorite"
    * ["scraps", "favorite"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "gallery", "scraps", "favorite". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.furaffinity.layout

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Selects which site layout to expect when parsing posts.
    * "auto": Automatically differentiate between "old" and "new"
    * "old": Expect the *old* site layout
    * "new": Expect the *new* site layout

  extractor.gelbooru.api-key & .user-id

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Values from the API Access Credentials section found at the bottom of your Account Options page.

  extractor.generic.enabled

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Match **all** URLs not otherwise supported by gallery-dl, even ones without a generic: prefix.

  extractor.gfycat.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["mp4", "webm", "mobile", "gif"]

Description:
    List of names of the preferred animation format, which can be "mp4", "webm", "mobile", "gif", or "webp". If a selected format is not available, the next one in the list will be tried until an available format is found. If the format is given as string, it will be extended with ["mp4", "webm", "mobile", "gif"]. Use a list with one element to restrict it to only one possible format.

  extractor.gofile.api-token

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    API token value found at the bottom of your profile page. If not set, a temporary guest token will be used.

  extractor.gofile.website-token

Type:
    string

Default:
    "12345"

Description:
    API token value used during API requests. A not up-to-date value will result in 401 Unauthorized errors. Setting this value to null will do an extra HTTP request to fetch the current value used by gofile.

  extractor.gofile.recursive

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Recursively download files from subfolders.

  extractor.hentaifoundry.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "pictures"

Example:
    * "scraps,stories"
    * ["scraps", "stories"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "pictures", "scraps", "stories", "favorite". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.hitomi.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "webp"

Description:
    Selects which image format to download. Available formats are "webp" and "avif". "original" will try to download the original jpg or png versions, but is most likely going to fail with 403 Forbidden errors.

  extractor.imgur.client-id

Type:
    string

Description:
    Custom Client ID value for API requests.

  extractor.imgur.mp4

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls whether to choose the GIF or MP4 version of an animation.
    * true: Follow Imgur's advice and choose MP4 if the prefer_video flag in an image's metadata is set.
    * false: Always choose GIF.
    * "always": Always choose MP4.

  extractor.inkbunny.orderby

Type:
    string

Default:
    "create_datetime"

Description:
    Value of the orderby parameter for submission searches. (See API#Search for details)

  extractor.instagram.api

Type:
    string

Default:
    "rest"

Description:
    Selects which API endpoints to use.
    * "rest": REST API - higher-resolution media
    * "graphql": GraphQL API - lower-resolution media

  extractor.instagram.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "posts"

Example:
    * "stories,highlights,posts"
    * ["stories", "highlights", "posts"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "posts", "reels", "tagged", "stories", "highlights", "avatar". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.instagram.previews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download video previews.

  extractor.instagram.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.itaku.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.kemonoparty.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract comments metadata. Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.kemonoparty.duplicates

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls how to handle duplicate files in a post.
    * true: Download duplicates
    * false: Ignore duplicates

  extractor.kemonoparty.dms

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract a user's direct messages as dms metadata.

  extractor.kemonoparty.favorites

Type:
    string

Default:
    artist

Description:
    Determines the type of favorites to be downloaded. Available types are artist, and post.

  extractor.kemonoparty.files

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["attachments", "file", "inline"]

Description:
    Determines the type and order of files to be downloaded. Available types are file, attachments, and inline.

  extractor.kemonoparty.max-posts

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Limit the number of posts to download.

  extractor.kemonoparty.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract username metadata

  extractor.khinsider.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "mp3"

Description:
    The name of the preferred file format to download. Use "all" to download all available formats, or a (comma-separated) list to select multiple formats. If the selected format is not available, the first in the list gets chosen (usually mp3).

  extractor.lolisafe.domain

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Specifies the domain used by a lolisafe extractor regardless of input URL. Setting this option to "auto" uses the same domain as a given input URL.

  extractor.luscious.gif

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Format in which to download animated images. Use true to download animated images as gifs and false to download as mp4 videos.

  extractor.mangadex.api-server

Type:
    string

Default:
    "https://api.mangadex.org"

Description:
    The server to use for API requests.

  extractor.mangadex.api-parameters

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Example:
    {"order[updatedAt]": "desc"}

Description:
    Additional query parameters to send when fetching manga chapters. (See /manga/{id}/feed and /user/follows/manga/feed)

  extractor.mangadex.lang

Type:
    string

Example:
    "en"

Description:
    ISO 639-1 language code to filter chapters by.

  extractor.mangadex.ratings

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["safe", "suggestive", "erotica", "pornographic"]

Description:
    List of acceptable content ratings for returned chapters.

  extractor.[mastodon].access-token

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The access-token value you get from linking your account to gallery-dl. Note: gallery-dl comes with built-in tokens for mastodon.social, pawoo and baraag. For other instances, you need to obtain an access-token in order to use usernames in place of numerical user IDs.

  extractor.[mastodon].reblogs

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from reblogged posts.

  extractor.[mastodon].replies

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Fetch media from replies to other posts.

  extractor.[mastodon].text-posts

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Also emit metadata for text-only posts without media content.

  extractor.[misskey].renotes

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from renoted notes.

  extractor.[misskey].replies

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Fetch media from replies to other notes.

  extractor.newgrounds.flash

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download original Adobe Flash animations instead of pre-rendered videos.

  extractor.newgrounds.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "original"

Example:
    "720p"

Description:
    Selects the preferred format for video downloads. If the selected format is not available, the next smaller one gets chosen.

  extractor.newgrounds.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "art"

Example:
    * "movies,audio"
    * ["movies", "audio"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "art", "audio", "games", "movies". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.nijie.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "illustration,doujin"

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "illustration", "doujin", "favorite", "nuita". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.nitter.quoted

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from quoted Tweets.

  extractor.nitter.retweets

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from Retweets.

  extractor.nitter.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Control video download behavior.
    * true: Download videos
    * "ytdl": Download videos using youtube-dl
    * false: Skip video Tweets

  extractor.oauth.browser

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls how a user is directed to an OAuth authorization page.
    * true: Use Python's webbrowser.open() method to automatically open the URL in the user's default browser.
    * false: Ask the user to copy & paste an URL from the terminal.

  extractor.oauth.cache

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Store tokens received during OAuth authorizations in cache.

  extractor.oauth.host

Type:
    string

Default:
    "localhost"

Description:
    Host name / IP address to bind to during OAuth authorization.

  extractor.oauth.port

Type:
    integer

Default:
    6414

Description:
    Port number to listen on during OAuth authorization. Note: All redirects will go to port 6414, regardless of the port specified here. You'll have to manually adjust the port number in your browser's address bar when using a different port than the default.

  extractor.paheal.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract additional metadata (source, uploader) Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.patreon.files

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["images", "image_large", "attachments", "postfile", "content"]

Description:
    Determines the type and order of files to be downloaded. Available types are postfile, images, image_large, attachments, and content.

  extractor.photobucket.subalbums

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download subalbums.

  extractor.pillowfort.external

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Follow links to external sites, e.g. Twitter,

  extractor.pillowfort.inline

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Extract inline images.

  extractor.pillowfort.reblogs

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract media from reblogged posts.

  extractor.pinterest.domain

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Specifies the domain used by pinterest extractors. Setting this option to "auto" uses the same domain as a given input URL.

  extractor.pinterest.sections

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include pins from board sections.

  extractor.pinterest.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download from video pins.

  extractor.pixiv.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "artworks"

Example:
    * "avatar,background,artworks"
    * ["avatar", "background", "artworks"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "artworks", "avatar", "background", "favorite". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.pixiv.refresh-token

Type:
    string

Description:
    The refresh-token value you get from running gallery-dl oauth:pixiv (see OAuth_) or by using a third-party tool like gppt.

  extractor.pixiv.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch extended user metadata.

  extractor.pixiv.metadata-bookmark

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For works bookmarked by your own account, fetch bookmark tags as tags_bookmark metadata. Note: This requires 1 additional API call per bookmarked post.

  extractor.pixiv.work.related

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Also download related artworks.

  extractor.pixiv.tags

Type:
    string

Default:
    "japanese"

Description:
    Controls the tags metadata field.
    * "japanese": List of Japanese tags
    * "translated": List of translated tags
    * "original": Unmodified list with both Japanese and translated tags

  extractor.pixiv.ugoira

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download Pixiv's Ugoira animations or ignore them. These animations come as a .zip file containing all animation frames in JPEG format. Use an ugoira post processor to convert them to watchable videos. (Example__)

  extractor.pixiv.max-posts

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    When downloading galleries, this sets the maximum number of posts to get. A value of 0 means no limit.

  extractor.plurk.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Also search Plurk comments for URLs.

  extractor.reactor.gif

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Format in which to download animated images. Use true to download animated images as gifs and false to download as mp4 videos.

  extractor.readcomiconline.captcha

Type:
    string

Default:
    "stop"

Description:
    Controls how to handle redirects to CAPTCHA pages.
    * "stop: Stop the current extractor run.
    * "wait: Ask the user to solve the CAPTCHA and wait.

  extractor.readcomiconline.quality

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Sets the quality query parameter of issue pages. ("lq" or "hq") "auto" uses the quality parameter of the input URL or "hq" if not present.

  extractor.reddit.comments

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    The value of the limit parameter when loading a submission and its comments. This number (roughly) specifies the total amount of comments being retrieved with the first API call. Reddit's internal default and maximum values for this parameter appear to be 200 and 500 respectively. The value 0 ignores all comments and significantly reduces the time required when scanning a subreddit.

  extractor.reddit.morecomments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Retrieve additional comments by resolving the more comment stubs in the base comment tree. Note: This requires 1 additional API call for every 100 extra comments.

  extractor.reddit.date-min & .date-max

Type:
    Date

Default:
    0 and 253402210800 (timestamp of datetime.max)

Description:
    Ignore all submissions posted before/after this date.

  extractor.reddit.id-min & .id-max

Type:
    string

Example:
    "6kmzv2"

Description:
    Ignore all submissions posted before/after the submission with this ID.

  extractor.reddit.recursion

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Reddit extractors can recursively visit other submissions linked to in the initial set of submissions. This value sets the maximum recursion depth. Special values:
    * 0: Recursion is disabled
    * -1: Infinite recursion (don't do this)

  extractor.reddit.refresh-token

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The refresh-token value you get from linking your Reddit account to gallery-dl. Using a refresh-token allows you to access private or otherwise not publicly available subreddits, given that your account is authorized to do so, but requests to the reddit API are going to be rate limited at 600 requests every 10 minutes/600 seconds.

  extractor.reddit.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Control video download behavior.
    * true: Download videos and use youtube-dl to handle HLS and DASH manifests
    * "ytdl": Download videos and let youtube-dl handle all of video extraction and download
    * "dash": Extract DASH manifest URLs and use youtube-dl to download and merge them. (*)
    * false: Ignore videos (*) This saves 1 HTTP request per video and might potentially be able to download otherwise deleted videos, but it will not always get the best video quality available.

  extractor.redgifs.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["hd", "sd", "gif"]

Description:
    List of names of the preferred animation format, which can be "hd", "sd", "gif", "thumbnail", "vthumbnail", or "poster". If a selected format is not available, the next one in the list will be tried until an available format is found. If the format is given as string, it will be extended with ["hd", "sd", "gif"]. Use a list with one element to restrict it to only one possible format.

  extractor.sankaku.refresh

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Refresh download URLs before they expire.

  extractor.sankakucomplex.embeds

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download video embeds from external sites.

  extractor.sankakucomplex.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download videos.

  extractor.skeb.article

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download article images.

  extractor.skeb.sent-requests

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download sent requests.

  extractor.skeb.thumbnails

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download thumbnails.

  extractor.skeb.search.filters

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["genre:art", "genre:voice", "genre:novel", "genre:video", "genre:music", "genre:correction"]

Example:
    "genre:music OR genre:voice"

Description:
    Filters used during searches.

  extractor.smugmug.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.[szurubooru].username & .token

Type:
    string

Description:
    Username and login token of your account to access private resources. To generate a token, visit /user/USERNAME/list-tokens and click Create Token.

  extractor.tumblr.avatar

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download blog avatars.

  extractor.tumblr.date-min & .date-max

Type:
    Date

Default:
    0 and null

Description:
    Ignore all posts published before/after this date.

  extractor.tumblr.external

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Follow external URLs (e.g. from "Link" posts) and try to extract images from them.

  extractor.tumblr.inline

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Search posts for inline images and videos.

  extractor.tumblr.offset

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Custom offset starting value when paginating over blog posts. Allows skipping over posts without having to waste API calls.

  extractor.tumblr.original

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download full-resolution photo and inline images. For each photo with "maximum" resolution (width equal to 2048 or height equal to 3072) or each inline image, use an extra HTTP request to find the URL to its full-resolution version.

  extractor.tumblr.ratelimit

Type:
    string

Default:
    "abort"

Description:
    Selects how to handle exceeding the daily API rate limit.
    * "abort": Raise an error and stop extraction
    * "wait": Wait until rate limit reset

  extractor.tumblr.reblogs

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    * true: Extract media from reblogged posts
    * false: Skip reblogged posts
    * "same-blog": Skip reblogged posts unless the original post is from the same blog

  extractor.tumblr.posts

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "all"

Example:
    * "video,audio,link"
    * ["video", "audio", "link"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of post types to extract images, etc. from. Possible types are text, quote, link, answer, video, audio, photo, chat. It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all types separately.

  extractor.tumblr.fallback-delay

Type:
    float

Default:
    120.0

Description:
    Number of seconds to wait between retries for fetching full-resolution images.

  extractor.tumblr.fallback-retries

Type:
    integer

Default:
    2

Description:
    Number of retries for fetching full-resolution images.

  extractor.twibooru.api-key

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Your Twibooru API Key, to use your account's browsing settings and filters.

  extractor.twibooru.filter

Type:
    integer

Default:
    2 (Everything filter)

Description:
    The content filter ID to use. Setting an explicit filter ID overrides any default filters and can be used to access 18+ content without API Key. See Filters for details.

  extractor.twitter.cards

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls how to handle Twitter Cards.
    * false: Ignore cards
    * true: Download image content from supported cards
    * "ytdl": Additionally download video content from unsupported cards using youtube-dl

  extractor.twitter.cards-blacklist

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["summary", "youtube.com", "player:twitch.tv"]

Description:
    List of card types to ignore. Possible values are
    * card names
    * card domains
    * <card name>:<card domain>

  extractor.twitter.conversations

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For input URLs pointing to a single Tweet, e.g. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/<TweetID>, fetch media from all Tweets and replies in this conversation <https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/twitter-conversations> or thread.

  extractor.twitter.csrf

Type:
    string

Default:
    "cookies"

Description:
    Controls how to handle Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) tokens.
    * "auto": Always auto-generate a token.
    * "cookies": Use token given by the ct0 cookie if present.

  extractor.twitter.expand

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For each Tweet, return *all* Tweets from that initial Tweet's conversation or thread, i.e. *expand* all Twitter threads. Going through a timeline with this option enabled is essentially the same as running gallery-dl https://twitter.com/i/web/status/<TweetID> with enabled conversations option for each Tweet in said timeline. Note: This requires at least 1 additional API call per initial Tweet. Age-restricted replies cannot be expanded when using the syndication API.

  extractor.twitter.transform

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Transform Tweet and User metadata into a simpler, uniform format.

  extractor.twitter.size

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["orig", "4096x4096", "large", "medium", "small"]

Description:
    The image version to download. Any entries after the first one will be used for potential fallback URLs. Known available sizes are 4096x4096, orig, large, medium, and small.

  extractor.twitter.syndication

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls how to retrieve age-restricted content when not logged in.
    * false: Skip age-restricted Tweets.
    * true: Download using Twitter's syndication API.
    * "extended": Try to fetch Tweet metadata using the normal API in addition to the syndication API. This requires additional HTTP requests in some cases (e.g. when retweets are enabled). Note: This does not apply to search results (including timeline strategies). To retrieve such content from search results, you must log in and disable "Hide sensitive content" in your search settings <https://twitter.com/settings/search>.

  extractor.twitter.logout

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Logout and retry as guest when access to another user's Tweets is blocked.

  extractor.twitter.pinned

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from pinned Tweets.

  extractor.twitter.quoted

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from quoted Tweets. If this option is enabled, gallery-dl will try to fetch a quoted (original) Tweet when it sees the Tweet which quotes it.

  extractor.twitter.replies

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Fetch media from replies to other Tweets. If this value is "self", only consider replies where reply and original Tweet are from the same user. Note: Twitter will automatically expand conversations if you use the /with_replies timeline while logged in. For example, media from Tweets which the user replied to will also be downloaded. It is possible to exclude unwanted Tweets using image-filter <extractor.*.image-filter_>.

  extractor.twitter.retweets

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from Retweets. If this value is "original", metadata for these files will be taken from the original Tweets, not the Retweets.

  extractor.twitter.timeline.strategy

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Controls the strategy / tweet source used for user URLs (https://twitter.com/USER).
    * "tweets": /tweets timeline + search
    * "media": /media timeline + search
    * "with_replies": /with_replies timeline + search
    * "auto": "tweets" or "media", depending on retweets and text-tweets settings

  extractor.twitter.text-tweets

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Also emit metadata for text-only Tweets without media content. This only has an effect with a metadata (or exec) post processor with "event": "post" and appropriate filename.

  extractor.twitter.twitpic

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract TwitPic embeds.

  extractor.twitter.unique

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Ignore previously seen Tweets.

  extractor.twitter.users

Type:
    string

Default:
    "timeline"

Example:
    "https://twitter.com/search?q=from:{legacy[screen_name]}"

Description:
    Format string for user URLs generated from
    following and list-members queries, whose replacement field values come from Twitter user objects
    (Example) Special values:
    * "timeline": https://twitter.com/i/user/{rest_id}
    * "tweets": https://twitter.com/id:{rest_id}/tweets
    * "media": https://twitter.com/id:{rest_id}/media Note: To allow gallery-dl to follow custom URL formats, set the blacklist for twitter to a non-default value, e.g. an empty string "".

  extractor.twitter.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Control video download behavior.
    * true: Download videos
    * "ytdl": Download videos using youtube-dl
    * false: Skip video Tweets

  extractor.unsplash.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "raw"

Description:
    Name of the image format to download. Available formats are "raw", "full", "regular", "small", and "thumb".

  extractor.vsco.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.wallhaven.api-key

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Your Wallhaven API Key, to use your account's browsing settings and default filters when searching. See https://wallhaven.cc/help/api for more information.

  extractor.wallhaven.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "uploads"

Example:
    * "uploads,collections"
    * ["uploads", "collections"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "uploads", "collections". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.wallhaven.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract additional metadata (tags, uploader) Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.weasyl.api-key

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Your Weasyl API Key, to use your account's browsing settings and filters.

  extractor.weasyl.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch extra submission metadata during gallery downloads.
    (comments, description, favorites, folder_name,
    tags, views) Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per submission.

  extractor.weibo.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "feed"

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile. Possible values are "home", "feed", "videos", "newvideo", "article", "album". It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.weibo.livephoto

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download livephoto files.

  extractor.weibo.retweets

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Fetch media from retweeted posts. If this value is "original", metadata for these files will be taken from the original posts, not the retweeted posts.

  extractor.weibo.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.ytdl.enabled

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Match **all** URLs, even ones without a ytdl: prefix.

  extractor.ytdl.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    youtube-dl's default, currently "bestvideo+bestaudio/best"

Description:
    Video format selection <https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#format-selection> directly passed to youtube-dl.

  extractor.ytdl.generic

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls the use of youtube-dl's generic extractor. Set this option to "force" for the same effect as youtube-dl's --force-generic-extractor.

  extractor.ytdl.logging

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Route youtube-dl's output through gallery-dl's logging system. Otherwise youtube-dl will write its output directly to stdout/stderr. Note: Set quiet and no_warnings in extractor.ytdl.raw-options to true to suppress all output.

  extractor.ytdl.module

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Name of the youtube-dl Python module to import. Setting this to null will try to import "yt_dlp" followed by "youtube_dl" as fallback.

  extractor.ytdl.raw-options

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Example:
    { "quiet": true, "writesubtitles": true, "merge_output_format": "mkv" }

Description:
    Additional options passed directly to the YoutubeDL constructor. All available options can be found in youtube-dl's docstrings <https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L138-L318>.

  extractor.ytdl.cmdline-args

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "--quiet --write-sub --merge-output-format mkv"
    * ["--quiet", "--write-sub", "--merge-output-format", "mkv"]

Description:
    Additional options specified as youtube-dl command-line arguments.

  extractor.ytdl.config-file

Type:
    Path

Example:
    "~/.config/youtube-dl/config"

Description:
    Location of a youtube-dl configuration file to load options from.

  extractor.zerochan.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract additional metadata (date, md5, tags, ...) Note: This requires 1-2 additional HTTP requests per post.

  extractor.[booru].tags

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Categorize tags by their respective types and provide them as tags_<type> metadata fields. Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.[booru].notes

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract overlay notes (position and text). Note: This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.[booru].url

Type:
    string

Default:
    "file_url"

Example:
    "preview_url"

Description:
    Alternate field name to retrieve download URLs from.

  extractor.[manga-extractor].chapter-reverse

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Reverse the order of chapter URLs extracted from manga pages.
    * true: Start with the latest chapter
    * false: Start with the first chapter

  extractor.[manga-extractor].page-reverse

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download manga chapter pages in reverse order.

DOWNLOADER OPTIONS

  downloader.*.enabled

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Enable/Disable this downloader module.

  downloader.*.filesize-min & .filesize-max

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Example:
    "32000", "500k", "2.5M"

Description:
    Minimum/Maximum allowed file size in bytes. Any file smaller/larger than this limit will not be downloaded. Possible values are valid integer or floating-point numbers optionally followed by one of k, m. g, t, or p. These suffixes are case-insensitive.

  downloader.*.mtime

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Use Last-Modified HTTP response headers to set file modification times.

  downloader.*.part

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls the use of .part files during file downloads.
    * true: Write downloaded data into .part files and rename them upon download completion. This mode additionally supports resuming incomplete downloads.
    * false: Do not use .part files and write data directly into the actual output files.

  downloader.*.part-directory

Type:
    Path

Default:
    null

Description:
    Alternate location for .part files. Missing directories will be created as needed. If this value is null, .part files are going to be stored alongside the actual output files.

  downloader.*.progress

Type:
    float

Default:
    3.0

Description:
    Number of seconds until a download progress indicator for the current download is displayed. Set this option to null to disable this indicator.

  downloader.*.rate

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Example:
    "32000", "500k", "2.5M"

Description:
    Maximum download rate in bytes per second. Possible values are valid integer or floating-point numbers optionally followed by one of k, m. g, t, or p. These suffixes are case-insensitive.

  downloader.*.retries

Type:
    integer

Default:
    extractor.*.retries

Description:
    Maximum number of retries during file downloads, or -1 for infinite retries.

  downloader.*.timeout

Type:
    float

Default:
    extractor.*.timeout

Description:
    Connection timeout during file downloads.

  downloader.*.verify

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    extractor.*.verify

Description:
    Certificate validation during file downloads.

  downloader.*.proxy

Type:
    * string
    * object (scheme -> proxy)

Default:
    extractor.*.proxy

Description:
    Proxy server used for file downloads. Disable the use of a proxy for file downloads by explicitly setting this option to null.

  downloader.http.adjust-extensions

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Check file headers of downloaded files and adjust their filename extensions if they do not match. For example, this will change the filename extension ({extension}) of a file called example.png from png to jpg when said file contains JPEG/JFIF data.

  downloader.http.consume-content

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls the behavior when an HTTP response is considered unsuccessful If the value is true, consume the response body. This avoids closing the connection and therefore improves connection reuse. If the value is false, immediately close the connection without reading the response. This can be useful if the server is known to send large bodies for error responses.

  downloader.http.chunk-size

Type:
    * integer
    * string

Default:
    32768

Example:
    "50k", "0.8M"

Description:
    Number of bytes per downloaded chunk. Possible values are integer numbers optionally followed by one of k, m. g, t, or p. These suffixes are case-insensitive.

  downloader.http.headers

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Example:
    {"Accept": "image/webp,*/*", "Referer": "https://example.org/"}

Description:
    Additional HTTP headers to send when downloading files,

  downloader.http.retry-codes

Type:
    list of integers

Default:
    extractor.*.retry-codes

Description:
    Additional HTTP response status codes to retry a download on. Codes 200, 206, and 416 (when resuming a partial download) will never be retried and always count as success, regardless of this option. 5xx codes (server error responses) will always be retried, regardless of this option.

  downloader.http.validate

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Check for invalid responses. Fail a download when a file does not pass instead of downloading a potentially broken file.

  downloader.ytdl.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    youtube-dl's default, currently "bestvideo+bestaudio/best"

Description:
    Video format selection <https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#format-selection> directly passed to youtube-dl.

  downloader.ytdl.forward-cookies

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Forward cookies to youtube-dl.

  downloader.ytdl.logging

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Route youtube-dl's output through gallery-dl's logging system. Otherwise youtube-dl will write its output directly to stdout/stderr. Note: Set quiet and no_warnings in downloader.ytdl.raw-options to true to suppress all output.

  downloader.ytdl.module

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Name of the youtube-dl Python module to import. Setting this to null will first try to import "yt_dlp" and use "youtube_dl" as fallback.

  downloader.ytdl.outtmpl

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The Output Template used to generate filenames for files downloaded with youtube-dl. Special values:
    * null: generate filenames with extractor.*.filename
    * "default": use youtube-dl's default, currently "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" Note: An output template other than null might cause unexpected results in combination with other options (e.g. "skip": "enumerate")

  downloader.ytdl.raw-options

Type:
    object (name -> value)

Example:
    { "quiet": true, "writesubtitles": true, "merge_output_format": "mkv" }

Description:
    Additional options passed directly to the YoutubeDL constructor. All available options can be found in youtube-dl's docstrings <https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py#L138-L318>.

  downloader.ytdl.cmdline-args

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "--quiet --write-sub --merge-output-format mkv"
    * ["--quiet", "--write-sub", "--merge-output-format", "mkv"]

Description:
    Additional options specified as youtube-dl command-line arguments.

  downloader.ytdl.config-file

Type:
    Path

Example:
    "~/.config/youtube-dl/config"

Description:
    Location of a youtube-dl configuration file to load options from.

OUTPUT OPTIONS

  output.mode

Type:
    * string
    * object (key -> format string)

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Controls the output string format and status indicators.
    * "null": No output
    * "pipe": Suitable for piping to other processes or files
    * "terminal": Suitable for the standard Windows console
    * "color": Suitable for terminals that understand ANSI escape codes and colors
    * "auto": "terminal" on Windows with output.ansi disabled, "color" otherwise. It is possible to use custom output format strings
    by setting this option to an object and specifying start, success, skip, progress, and progress-total.
    For example, the following will replicate the same output as mode: color: { "start" : "{}", "success": "\r\u001b[1;32m{}\u001b[0m\n", "skip" : "\u001b[2m{}\u001b[0m\n", "progress" : "\r{0:>7}B {1:>7}B/s ", "progress-total": "\r{3:>3}% {0:>7}B {1:>7}B/s " } start, success, and skip are used to output the current filename, where {} or {0} is replaced with said filename. If a given format string contains printable characters other than that, their number needs to be specified as [<number>, <format string>] to get the correct results for output.shorten. For example "start" : [12, "Downloading {}"] progress and progress-total are used when displaying the
    download progress indicator, progress when the total number of bytes to download is unknown,
    progress-total otherwise. For these format strings
    * {0} is number of bytes downloaded
    * {1} is number of downloaded bytes per second
    * {2} is total number of bytes
    * {3} is percent of bytes downloaded to total bytes

  output.stdout & .stdin & .stderr

Type:
    * string
    * object

Example:
    "utf-8" { "encoding": "utf-8", "errors": "replace", "line_buffering": true }

Description:
    Reconfigure a standard stream. Possible options are
    * encoding
    * errors
    * newline
    * line_buffering
    * write_through When this option is specified as a simple string, it is interpreted as {"encoding": "<string-value>", "errors": "replace"} Note: errors always defaults to "replace"

  output.shorten

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls whether the output strings should be shortened to fit on one console line. Set this option to "eaw" to also work with east-asian characters with a display width greater than 1.

  output.colors

Type:
    object (key -> ANSI color)

Default:
    {"success": "1;32", "skip": "2"}

Description:
    Controls the ANSI colors used with mode: color for successfully downloaded or skipped files.

  output.ansi

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    On Windows, enable ANSI escape sequences and colored output
    by setting the ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING flag for stdout and stderr.

  output.skip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Show skipped file downloads.

  output.fallback

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include fallback URLs in the output of -g/--get-urls.

  output.private

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Include private fields, i.e. fields whose name starts with an underscore, in the output of -K/--list-keywords and -j/--dump-json.

  output.progress

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls the progress indicator when *gallery-dl* is run with multiple URLs as arguments.
    * true: Show the default progress indicator ("[{current}/{total}] {url}")
    * false: Do not show any progress indicator
    * Any string: Show the progress indicator using this as a custom format string. Possible replacement keys are current, total and url.

  output.log

Type:
    * string
    * Logging Configuration

Default:
    "[{name}][{levelname}] {message}"

Description:
    Configuration for logging output to stderr. If this is a simple string, it specifies the format string for logging messages.

  output.logfile

Type:
    * Path
    * Logging Configuration

Description:
    File to write logging output to.

  output.unsupportedfile

Type:
    * Path
    * Logging Configuration

Description:
    File to write external URLs unsupported by *gallery-dl* to. The default format string here is "{message}".

  output.num-to-str

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Convert numeric values (integer or float) to string before outputting them as JSON.

POSTPROCESSOR OPTIONS

  classify.mapping

Type:
    object (directory -> extensions)

Default:
    { "Pictures": ["jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif", "bmp", "svg", "webp"], "Video" : ["flv", "ogv", "avi", "mp4", "mpg", "mpeg", "3gp", "mkv", "webm", "vob", "wmv"], "Music" : ["mp3", "aac", "flac", "ogg", "wma", "m4a", "wav"], "Archives": ["zip", "rar", "7z", "tar", "gz", "bz2"] }

Description:
    A mapping from directory names to filename extensions that should be stored in them. Files with an extension not listed will be ignored and stored in their default location.

  compare.action

Type:
    string

Default:
    "replace"

Description:
    The action to take when files do **not** compare as equal.
    * "replace": Replace/Overwrite the old version with the new one
    * "enumerate": Add an enumeration index to the filename of the new version like skip = "enumerate"

  compare.equal

Type:
    string

Default:
    "null"

Description:
    The action to take when files do compare as equal.
    * "abort:N": Stop the current extractor run after N consecutive files compared as equal.
    * "terminate:N": Stop the current extractor run, including parent extractors, after N consecutive files compared as equal.
    * "exit:N": Exit the program after N consecutive files compared as equal.

  compare.shallow

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Only compare file sizes. Do not read and compare their content.

  exec.archive

Type:
    Path

Description:
    File to store IDs of executed commands in, similar to extractor.*.archive. archive-format, archive-prefix, and archive-pragma options, akin to extractor.*.archive-format, extractor.*.archive-prefix, and extractor.*.archive-pragma, are supported as well.

  exec.async

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls whether to wait for a subprocess to finish or to let it run asynchronously.

  exec.command

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "convert {} {}.png && rm {}"
    * ["echo", "{user[account]}", "{id}"]

Description:
    The command to run.
    * If this is a string, it will be executed using the system's shell, e.g. /bin/sh. Any {} will be replaced with the full path of a file or target directory, depending on exec.event
    * If this is a list, the first element specifies the program name and any further elements its arguments. Each element of this list is treated as a format string using the files' metadata as well as {_path}, {_directory}, and {_filename}.

  exec.event

Type:
    string

Default:
    "after"

Description:
    The event for which exec.command is run. See metadata.event for a list of available events.

  metadata.mode

Type:
    string

Default:
    "json"

Description:
    Selects how to process metadata.
    * "json": write metadata using json.dump()
    * "jsonl": write metadata in JSON Lines <https://jsonlines.org/> format
    * "tags": write tags separated by newlines
    * "custom": write the result of applying metadata.content-format to a file's metadata dictionary
    * "modify": add or modify metadata entries
    * "delete": remove metadata entries

  metadata.filename

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Example:
    "{id}.data.json"

Description:
    A format string to build the filenames for metadata files with. (see extractor.filename) Using "-" as filename will write all output to stdout. If this option is set, metadata.extension and metadata.extension-format will be ignored.

  metadata.directory

Type:
    string

Default:
    "."

Example:
    "metadata"

Description:
    Directory where metadata files are stored in relative to the current target location for file downloads.

  metadata.extension

Type:
    string

Default:
    "json" or "txt"

Description:
    Filename extension for metadata files that will be appended to the original file names.

  metadata.extension-format

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "{extension}.json"
    * "json"

Description:
    Custom format string to build filename extensions for metadata files with, which will replace the original filename extensions. Note: metadata.extension is ignored if this option is set.

  metadata.event

Type:
    string

Default:
    "file"

Description:
    The event for which metadata gets written to a file. The available events are: init After post processor initialization and before the first file download finalize On extractor shutdown, e.g. after all files were downloaded prepare Before a file download file When completing a file download, but before it gets moved to its target location after After a file got moved to its target location skip When skipping a file download post When starting to download all files of a post, e.g. a Tweet on Twitter or a post on Patreon. post-after After downloading all files of a post

  metadata.fields

Type:
    * list of strings
    * object (field name -> format string)

Example:
    ["blocked", "watching", "status[creator][name]"] { "blocked" : "***", "watching" : "\fE 'yes' if watching else 'no'", "status[username]": "{status[creator][name]!l}" }

Description:
    * "mode": "delete": A list of metadata field names to remove.
    * "mode": "modify": An object with metadata field names mapping to a format string whose result is assigned to said field name.

  metadata.content-format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "tags:\n\n{tags:J\n}\n"
    * ["tags:", "", "{tags:J\n}"]

Description:
    Custom format string to build the content of metadata files with. Note: Only applies for "mode": "custom".

  metadata.ascii

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Escape all non-ASCII characters. See the ensure_ascii argument of json.dump() for further details. Note: Only applies for "mode": "json" and "jsonl".

  metadata.indent

Type:
    * integer
    * string

Default:
    4

Description:
    Indentation level of JSON output. See the indent argument of json.dump() for further details. Note: Only applies for "mode": "json".

  metadata.separators

Type:
    list with two string elements

Default:
    [", ", ": "]

Description:
    <item separator> - <key separator> pair to separate JSON keys and values with. See the separators argument of json.dump() for further details. Note: Only applies for "mode": "json" and "jsonl".

  metadata.sort

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Sort output by key. See the sort_keys argument of json.dump() for further details. Note: Only applies for "mode": "json" and "jsonl".

  metadata.open

Type:
    string

Defsult:
    "w"

Description:
    The mode in which metadata files get opened. For example, use "a" to append to a file's content or "w" to truncate it. See the mode argument of open() for further details.

  metadata.encoding

Type:
    string

Defsult:
    "utf-8"

Description:
    Name of the encoding used to encode a file's content. See the encoding argument of open() for further details.

  metadata.private

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Include private fields, i.e. fields whose name starts with an underscore.

  metadata.skip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Do not overwrite already existing files.

  metadata.archive

Type:
    Path

Description:
    File to store IDs of generated metadata files in, similar to extractor.*.archive. archive-format, archive-prefix, and archive-pragma options, akin to extractor.*.archive-format, extractor.*.archive-prefix, and extractor.*.archive-pragma, are supported as well.

  metadata.mtime

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Set modification times of generated metadata files according to the accompanying downloaded file. Enabling this option will only have an effect *if* there is actual mtime metadata available, that is
    * after a file download ("event": "file" (default), "event": "after")
    * when running *after* an mtime post processes for the same event For example, a metadata post processor for "event": "post" will *not* be able to set its file's modification time unless an mtime post processor with "event": "post" runs *before* it.

  mtime.event

Type:
    string

Default:
    "file"

Description:
    See metadata.event

  mtime.key

Type:
    string

Default:
    "date"

Description:
    Name of the metadata field whose value should be used. This value must either be a UNIX timestamp or a datetime object. Note: This option gets ignored if mtime.value is set.

  mtime.value

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Example:
    * "{status[date]}"
    * "{content[0:6]:R22/2022/D%Y%m%d/}"

Description:
    A format string whose value should be used. The resulting value must either be a UNIX timestamp or a datetime object.

  ugoira.extension

Type:
    string

Default:
    "webm"

Description:
    Filename extension for the resulting video files.

  ugoira.ffmpeg-args

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    null

Example:
    ["-c:v", "libvpx-vp9", "-an", "-b:v", "2M"]

Description:
    Additional FFmpeg command-line arguments.

  ugoira.ffmpeg-demuxer

Type:
    string

Default:
    auto

Description:
    FFmpeg demuxer to read and process input files with. Possible values are
    * "concat" (inaccurate frame timecodes for non-uniform frame delays)
    * "image2" (accurate timecodes, requires nanosecond file timestamps, i.e. no Windows or macOS)
    * "mkvmerge" (accurate timecodes, only WebM or MKV, requires mkvmerge) "auto" will select mkvmerge if available and fall back to concat otherwise.

  ugoira.ffmpeg-location

Type:
    Path

Default:
    "ffmpeg"

Description:
    Location of the ffmpeg (or avconv) executable to use.

  ugoira.mkvmerge-location

Type:
    Path

Default:
    "mkvmerge"

Description:
    Location of the mkvmerge executable for use with the mkvmerge demuxer.

  ugoira.ffmpeg-output

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Show FFmpeg output.

  ugoira.ffmpeg-twopass

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Enable Two-Pass encoding.

  ugoira.framerate

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Controls the frame rate argument (-r) for FFmpeg
    * "auto": Automatically assign a fitting frame rate based on delays between frames.
    * any other string: Use this value as argument for -r.
    * null or an empty string: Don't set an explicit frame rate.

  ugoira.keep-files

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Keep ZIP archives after conversion.

  ugoira.libx264-prevent-odd

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Prevent "width/height not divisible by 2" errors when using libx264 or libx265 encoders by applying a simple cropping filter. See this Stack Overflow thread for more information. This option, when libx264/5 is used, automatically adds ["-vf", "crop=iw-mod(iw\\,2):ih-mod(ih\\,2)"] to the list of FFmpeg command-line arguments to reduce an odd width/height by 1 pixel and make them even.

  ugoira.mtime

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Set modification times of generated ugoira aniomations.

  ugoira.repeat-last-frame

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Allow repeating the last frame when necessary to prevent it from only being displayed for a very short amount of time.

  zip.extension

Type:
    string

Default:
    "zip"

Description:
    Filename extension for the created ZIP archive.

  zip.files

Type:
    list of Path

Example:
    ["info.json"]

Description:
    List of extra files to be added to a ZIP archive. Note: Relative paths are relative to the current download directory.

  zip.keep-files

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Keep the actual files after writing them to a ZIP archive.

  zip.mode

Type:
    string

Default:
    "default"

Description:
    * "default": Write the central directory file header once after everything is done or an exception is raised.
    * "safe": Update the central directory file header each time a file is stored in a ZIP archive. This greatly reduces the chance a ZIP archive gets corrupted in case the Python interpreter gets shut down unexpectedly (power outage, SIGKILL) but is also a lot slower.

MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS

  extractor.modules

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    The modules list in extractor/__init__.py

Example:
    ["reddit", "danbooru", "mangadex"]

Description:
    List of internal modules to load when searching for a suitable extractor class. Useful to reduce startup time and memory usage.

  extractor.module-sources

Type:
    list of Path instances

Example:
    ["~/.config/gallery-dl/modules", null]

Description:
    List of directories to load external extractor modules from. Any file in a specified directory with a .py filename extension gets imported and searched for potential extractors, i.e. classes with a pattern attribute. Note: null references internal extractors defined in extractor/__init__.py or by extractor.modules.

  globals

Type:
    * Path
    * string

Example:
    * "~/.local/share/gdl-globals.py"
    * "gdl-globals"

Description:
    Path to or name of an
    importable Python module, whose namespace,
    in addition to the GLOBALS dict in util.py, gets used as globals parameter for compiled Python expressions.

  cache.file

Type:
    Path

Default:
    * (%APPDATA% or "~") + "/gallery-dl/cache.sqlite3" on Windows
    * ($XDG_CACHE_HOME or "~/.cache") + "/gallery-dl/cache.sqlite3" on all other platforms

Description:
    Path of the SQLite3 database used to cache login sessions, cookies and API tokens across gallery-dl invocations. Set this option to null or an invalid path to disable this cache.

  format-separator

Type:
    string

Default:
    "/"

Description:
    Character(s) used as argument separator in format string format specifiers. For example, setting this option to "#" would allow a replacement operation to be Rold#new# instead of the default Rold/new/

  signals-ignore

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["SIGTTOU", "SIGTTIN", "SIGTERM"]

Description:
    The list of signal names to ignore, i.e. set SIG_IGN as signal handler for.

  warnings

Type:
    string

Default:
    "default"

Description:
    The Warnings Filter action used for (urllib3) warnings.

  pyopenssl

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Use pyOpenSSL-backed SSL-support.

API TOKENS & IDS

  extractor.deviantart.client-id & .client-secret

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and visit DeviantArt's Applications & Keys section
    * click "Register Application"
    * scroll to "OAuth2 Redirect URI Whitelist (Required)" and enter "https://mikf.github.io/gallery-dl/oauth-redirect.html"
    * scroll to the bottom and agree to the API License Agreement. Submission Policy, and Terms of Service.
    * click "Save"
    * copy client_id and client_secret of your new application and put them in your configuration file as "client-id" and "client-secret"
    * clear your cache to delete any remaining access-token entries. (gallery-dl --clear-cache deviantart)
    * get a new refresh-token for the new client-id (gallery-dl oauth:deviantart)

  extractor.flickr.api-key & .api-secret

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and Create an App in Flickr's App Garden
    * click "APPLY FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL KEY"
    * fill out the form with a random name and description and click "SUBMIT"
    * copy Key and Secret and put them in your configuration file as "api-key" and "api-secret"

  extractor.reddit.client-id & .user-agent

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and visit the apps section of your account's preferences
    * click the "are you a developer? create an app..." button
    * fill out the form, choose "installed app", preferably set "http://localhost:6414/" as "redirect uri" and finally click "create app"
    * copy the client id (third line, under your application's name and "installed app") and put it in your configuration file as "client-id"
    * use "Python:<application name>:v1.0 (by /u/<username>)" as user-agent and replace <application name> and <username> accordingly (see Reddit's API access rules)

  extractor.smugmug.api-key & .api-secret

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and Apply for an API Key
    * use a random name and description, set "Type" to "Application", "Platform" to "All", and "Use" to "Non-Commercial"
    * fill out the two checkboxes at the bottom and click "Apply"
    * copy API Key and API Secret and put them in your configuration file as "api-key" and "api-secret"

  extractor.tumblr.api-key & .api-secret

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and visit Tumblr's Applications section
    * click "Register application"
    * fill out the form: use a random name and description, set https://example.org/ as "Application Website" and "Default callback URL"
    * solve Google's "I'm not a robot" challenge and click "Register"
    * click "Show secret key" (below "OAuth Consumer Key")
    * copy your OAuth Consumer Key and Secret Key and put them in your configuration file as "api-key" and "api-secret"

CUSTOM TYPES

  Date

Type:
    * string
    * integer

Example:
    * "2019-01-01T00:00:00"
    * "2019" with "%Y" as date-format
    * 1546297200

Description:
    A Date value represents a specific point in time.
    * If given as string, it is parsed according to date-format.
    * If given as integer, it is interpreted as UTC timestamp.

  Duration

Type:
    * float
    * list with 2 floats
    * string

Example:
    * 2.85
    * [1.5, 3.0]
    * "2.85", "1.5-3.0"

Description:
    A Duration represents a span of time in seconds.
    * If given as a single float, it will be used as that exact value.
    * If given as a list with 2 floating-point numbers a & b , it will be randomly chosen with uniform distribution such that a <= N <= b. (see random.uniform())
    * If given as a string, it can either represent a single float value ("2.85") or a range ("1.5-3.0").

  Path

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "file.ext"
    * "~/path/to/file.ext"
    * "$HOME/path/to/file.ext"
    * ["$HOME", "path", "to", "file.ext"]

Description:
    A Path is a string representing the location of a file or directory. Simple tilde expansion and environment variable expansion is supported. In Windows environments, backslashes ("\") can, in addition to forward slashes ("/"), be used as path separators. Because backslashes are JSON's escape character, they themselves have to be escaped. The path C:\path\to\file.ext has therefore to be written as "C:\\path\\to\\file.ext" if you want to use backslashes.

  Logging Configuration

Type:
    object

Example:
    { "format" : "{asctime} {name}: {message}", "format-date": "%H:%M:%S", "path" : "~/log.txt", "encoding" : "ascii" } { "level" : "debug", "format": { "debug" : "debug: {message}", "info" : "[{name}] {message}", "warning": "Warning: {message}", "error" : "ERROR: {message}" } }

Description:
    Extended logging output configuration.
    * format
    * General format string for logging messages or a dictionary with format strings for each loglevel. In addition to the default LogRecord attributes, it is also possible to access the current extractor, job, path, and keywords objects and their attributes, for example "{extractor.url}", "{path.filename}", "{keywords.title}"
    * Default: "[{name}][{levelname}] {message}"
    * format-date
    * Format string for {asctime} fields in logging messages (see strftime() directives)
    * Default: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
    * level
    * Minimum logging message level (one of "debug", "info", "warning", "error", "exception")
    * Default: "info"
    * path
    * Path to the output file
    * mode
    * Mode in which the file is opened; use "w" to truncate or "a" to append (see open())
    * Default: "w"
    * encoding
    * File encoding
    * Default: "utf-8" Note: path, mode, and encoding are only applied when configuring logging output to a file.

  Postprocessor Configuration

Type:
    object

Example:
    { "name": "mtime" } { "name" : "zip", "compression": "store", "extension" : "cbz", "filter" : "extension not in ('zip', 'rar')", "whitelist" : ["mangadex", "exhentai", "nhentai"] }

Description:
    An object containing a "name" attribute specifying the post-processor type, as well as any of its options. It is possible to set a "filter" expression similar to image-filter to only run a post-processor conditionally. It is also possible set a "whitelist" or "blacklist" to only enable or disable a post-processor for the specified extractor categories. The available post-processor types are classify Categorize files by filename extension compare Compare versions of the same file and replace/enumerate them on mismatch
    (requires downloader.*.part = true and extractor.*.skip = false)
    exec Execute external commands metadata Write metadata to separate files mtime Set file modification time according to its metadata ugoira Convert Pixiv Ugoira to WebM using FFmpeg zip Store files in a ZIP archive

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(1)