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:
    * Format 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 generate filenames for downloaded files. If this is an object, it must contain Conditions mapping to the Format String to use. These Conditions are evaluated in the specified order until one evaluates to True. When none match, the "" entry or the extractor's default filename Format String is used. 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 Format 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 String(s) to generate the target directory path. If this is an object, it must contain Conditions 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
    * object (Condition → Path)

Default:
    "./gallery-dl/"

Example:
    "~/Downloads/gallery-dl" { "score >= 100": "$DL", "duration" : "$DL/video", "" : "/tmp/files/" }

Description:
    Directory path used as base for all download destinations. If this is an object, it must contain Conditions mapping to the Path to use. Specifying a default Path with "" is required.

  extractor.*.parent

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true [chevereto] erome [imagehost] false otherwise

Description:
    Mark an extractor as a parent and enable
    * parent-directory
    * parent-metadata
    * parent-session
    * parent-skip for it by default.

  extractor.*.parent-directory

Type:
    bool

Default:
    extractor.parent

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

  extractor.*.metadata-parent

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    extractor.parent

Description:
    Forward a parent's metadata to its child extractors. 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-session

Type:
    bool

Default:
    extractor.parent

Description:
    Share a parent's session with its child extractors, including cookies, headers, and other networking settings.

  extractor.*.parent-skip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    extractor.parent

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

  extractor.*.path-restrict

Type:
    * string
    * object (character → replacement character(s))

Default:
    "auto"

Example:
    * "/!? (){}"
    * {"/": "_", "+": "_+_", "({[": "(", "]})": ")", "a-z": "*"}

Description:
    A string of characters to be replaced with the value of
    path-replace or an object mapping invalid/unwanted characters, character sets,
    or character ranges 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" "\\\\/<>:\"?*"
    (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file)
    "windows+" {"\\": "⧹", "" : "", "/" : "⧸", "<" : "＜", ">" : "＞", ":" : "：", "\"" : "＂", "?" : "？", "*" : "＊"}
    (replace characters not allowed by Windows with Unicode alternatives)
    "ascii" "^0-9A-Za-z_."
    (only ASCII digits, letters, underscores, and dots)
    "ascii+" "^0-9@-[\\]-{ #-)+-.;=!}~"
    (all ASCII characters except the ones not allowed by Windows)

Implementation Detail:
    For strings with length >= 2, this option uses a Regular Expression Character Set, meaning that:
    * Using a caret ^ as first character inverts the set ("^...")
    * Character ranges are supported ("0-9a-z")
    * ], -, and \ need to be escaped as \\], \\-, and \\\\ respectively to use them as literal characters

  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-convert

Type:
    Conversion(s)

Example:
    * "g"
    * "Wl"

Description:
    Conversion(s) to apply to each path segment after path-restrict replacements.

  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

Example:
    * "abort:5"
    * "abort:5:2"
    * "abort:5:manga"
    * "terminate:3"

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 "abort:N" Skip downloads and stop the current extractor after N consecutive skips "abort:N:L" Skip downloads and
    stop the current extractor after N consecutive skips Ascend L levels in the extractor hierarchy
    "abort:N:SC" Skip downloads and
    stop the current extractor after N consecutive skips Ascend to an extractor with subcategory SC in the extractor hierarchy
    "terminate" Stop the current extractor, including parent extractors "terminate:N" Skip downloads and stop the current extractor, 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.*.skip-filter

Type:
    Condition

Description:
    Python Expression controlling which skipped files to count towards "abort" / "terminate" / "exit".

  extractor.*.sleep

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    0

Description:
    Number of seconds to sleep before each download.

  extractor.*.sleep-skip

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    0

Description:
    Number of seconds to sleep after skipping a file 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-429

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    60

Description:
    Number of seconds to sleep when receiving a 429 Too Many Requests response before retrying the request.

  extractor.*.sleep-request

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    "0.5-1.5" ao3 arcalive booth civitai [Danbooru] [E621] [foolfuuka]:search hdoujin itaku newgrounds [nitter] [philomena] pixiv-novel plurk poipiku pornpics schalenetwork scrolller sizebooru soundgasm thehentaiworld urlgalleries vk webtoons weebcentral xfolio zerochan "1.0" furaffinity rule34 "1.0-2.0" flickr pexels weibo [wikimedia] "1.4" wallhaven "2.0-4.0" behance imagefap [Nijie] "3.0-6.0" bilibili exhentai [reactor] | readcomiconline "6.0-6.1" twibooru "6.0-12.0" instagram 0 otherwise

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. This is supported for
    * aibooru (*)
    * ao3
    * aryion
    * atfbooru (*)
    * bluesky
    * booruvar (*)
    * coomer
    * danbooru (*)
    * deviantart
    * e621 (*)
    * e6ai (*)
    * e926 (*)
    * exhentai
    * girlswithmuscle
    * horne (R)
    * idolcomplex
    * imgbb
    * inkbunny
    * iwara
    * kemono
    * madokami (R)
    * mangadex
    * mangoxo
    * newgrounds
    * nijie (R)
    * nudostarforum
    * pillowfort
    * rule34xyz
    * sankaku
    * scrolller
    * seiga
    * simpcity
    * subscribestar
    * tapas
    * tsumino
    * vipergirls
    * 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_)

Note:
    Leave the password value empty or undefined to be prompted for a password when performing a login (see getpass()). (*) The password value for these sites should be the API key found in your user profile, not the actual account password. (R) Login with username & password or supplying authenticated cookies is *required*

  extractor.*.input

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true if stdin is attached to a terminal, false otherwise

Description:
    Allow prompting the user for interactive input.

  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 5 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 (default))
    * The optional fifth entry is the domain to extract cookies for. Prefix it with a dot . to include cookies for subdomains. ["firefox"] ["firefox", null, null, "Personal"] ["chromium", "Private", "kwallet", null, ".twitter.com"]

  extractor.*.cookies-select

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Interpret extractor.cookies as a list of cookie sources and select one of them for each extractor run. [ "~/.local/share/cookies-instagram-com-1.txt", "~/.local/share/cookies-instagram-com-2.txt", "~/.local/share/cookies-instagram-com-3.txt", ["firefox", null, null, "c1", ".instagram-com"], ]

Supported Values:
    "random" Select cookies randomly. "rotate" Select cookies in sequence. Start over from the beginning after reaching the end of the list.

  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 URL does not include a scheme, http:// is assumed.

  extractor.*.proxy-env

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Collect proxy configuration information from environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY) and Windows Registry settings.

  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:
    "gallery-dl/VERSION"
    * [Danbooru]
    * mangadex
    * [nitter]
    * weasyl
    * [wikimedia]
    * zerochan "gallery-dl/VERSION (by mikf)"
    * [E621] "net.umanle.arca.android.playstore/0.9.75"
    * arcalive "Patreon/126.9.0.15 (Android; Android 14; Scale/2.10)"
    * patreon "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/LATEST.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
    * instagram "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:LATEST) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/LATEST"
    * otherwise

Example:
    * "curl/8.14.1"
    * "browser"
    * "+chrome"
    * "@/opt/ChromeBrowser/bin/chrome"

Description:
    User-Agent header value used for HTTP requests. Setting this value to "browser" will try to automatically detect and use the User-Agent header of the system's default browser. Starting this value with a +
    will use the latest User-Agent header of this preset target, e.g. "+ff". (Supported values:
    firefox ff chrome cr gallery-dl gdl google-bot | bot ) Starting this value with an @
    will try to automatically detect and use the User-Agent header of this installed browser, e.g. "@C:/Program Files/Zen Browser/zen-browser.exe".

  extractor.*.browser

Type:
    string

Default:
    "firefox" artstation behance fanbox simplyhentai twitter | vsco null otherwise

Example:
    * "firefox"
    * "firefox/128"
    * "chrome:macos"
    * "chrome/138:macos"

Description:
    Try to emulate a real browser (firefox or chrome)
    by using its HTTP headers and TLS ciphers for HTTP requests
    by setting specialized defaults for
    * user-agent
    * headers
    * ciphers Supported browsers:
    * firefox
    * firefox/140
    * firefox/128
    * chrome
    * chrome/138
    * chrome/111 The operating system used in the User-Agent header can be specified after a colon : (windows, linux, macos), for example chrome:windows.

Note:
    Any value *not* matching a supported browser will fall back to "firefox". requests and urllib3 only support HTTP/1.1, while a real browser would use HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.

  extractor.*.referer

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false 4archive 4chanarchives archivedmoe nsfwalbum pholder | tumblrgallery true otherwise

Description:
    Send Referer headers with all outgoing HTTP requests. If this is a string, send it as Referer instead of the extractor's root domain.

  extractor.*.headers

Type:
    * "string"
    * object (name → value)

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

Description:
    Additional HTTP headers to be sent with each HTTP request, To disable sending a header, set its value to null. Set this option to "firefox" or "chrome" to use these browser's default headers.

  extractor.*.ciphers

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "firefox"
    * .. code:: json ["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() Set this option to "firefox" or "chrome" to use these browser's default ciphers.

  extractor.*.tls12

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false artstation | behance true otherwise

Description:
    Allow selecting TLS 1.2 cipher suites. Can be disabled to alter TLS fingerprints and potentially bypass Cloudflare blocks.

  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 a Format String.

  extractor.*.keywords-eval

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Evaluate each keywords and keywords-global string value as a Format String.

  extractor.*.keywords-global

Type:
    object (name → value)

Example:
    {"type": "Original", "type_id": 1, "type_category": "meta"}

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

Note:
    Keywords defined here will be overwritten by keywords from extractor.keywords with the same name.

  extractor.*.url-metadata

Type:
    string

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

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.*.extractor-metadata

Type:
    string

Description:
    Insert a reference to the current Extractor object into metadata dictionaries as the given name.

  extractor.*.http-metadata

Type:
    string

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

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", "redgifs: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 ("redgifs: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:
    * string
    * Path

Default:
    null

Example:
    * "$HOME/.archives/{category}.sqlite3"
    * "postgresql://user:pass@host/database"

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. If this value is a PostgreSQL Connection URI, the archive will use this PostgreSQL database as backend (requires Psycopg).

Note:
    Archive files that do not already exist get generated automatically. Archive paths support basic Format String replacements, but be aware that using external inputs for building local paths may pose a security risk.

  extractor.*.archive-event

Type:
    + string + list of strings

Default:
    "file"

Example:
    * "after,skip"
    * ["after", "skip"]

Description:
    Event(s) for which IDs get written to an archive.

Available Events:
    * file
    * after
    * skip

  extractor.*.archive-format

Type:
    Format String

Example:
    "{id}_{offset}"

Description:
    An alternative Format String to build archive IDs with.

  extractor.*.archive-mode

Type:
    string

Default:
    "file"

Description:
    Controls when to write archive IDs to the archive database. "file" Write IDs immediately after completing or skipping a file download. "memory" Keep IDs in memory and only write them after successful job completion.

  extractor.*.archive-prefix

Type:
    Format String

Default:
    * "" when archive-table is set
    * "{category}" otherwise

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#toc> for available PRAGMA statements and further details.

  extractor.*.archive-table

Type:
    Format String

Default:
    "archive"

Example:
    "{category}"

Description:
    Format String selecting the archive database table name.

  extractor.*.actions

Type:
    * object (pattern → Action(s))
    * list of [pattern, Action(s)] pairs

Example:
    { "info:Logging in as .+" : "level = debug", "warning:(?i)unable to .+": "exit 127", "error" : [ "status = 1", "exec notify.sh 'gdl error'", "abort" ] } [ ["info:Logging in as .+" , "level = debug"], ["warning:(?i)unable to .+", "exit 127" ], ["error" , [ "status = 1", "exec notify.sh 'gdl error'", "abort" ]] ]

Description:
    Perform an Action when logging a message matched by pattern. pattern is parsed as severity level (debug, info, warning, error, or integer value) followed by an optional Python Regular Expression separated by a colon: <level>:<re> Using * as level or leaving it empty matches logging messages of all levels: *:<re> or :<re>

  extractor.*.postprocessors

Type:
    * Postprocessor Configuration object
    * 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.*.truststore

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Use a
    truststore SSLContext for verifying SSL/TLS certificates to make use of your system's native certificate stores
    instead of relying on certifi certificates.

  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

Example:
    * "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.*.post-range

Type:
    string

Description:
    Like image-range, but for posts.

  extractor.*.chapter-range

Type:
    string

Description:
    Like image-range, but for child extractors handling manga chapters, external URLs, etc.

  extractor.*.image-filter

Type:
    * Condition
    * list of Conditions

Example:
    * "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.*.post-filter

Type:
    * Condition
    * list of Conditions

Example:
    * "post['id'] > 12345"
    * ["date >= datetime(2025, 5, 1)", "print(post_id)"]

Description:
    Like image-filter, but for posts.

  extractor.*.chapter-filter

Type:
    * Condition
    * list of Conditions

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

Description:
    Like image-filter, but for child extractors handling manga chapters, external URLs, 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:
    null

Description:
    Format string used to parse string values of date-min and date-max. See strptime for a list of formatting directives.

Special Values:
    null Parse date-min and date-max according to
    ISO 8601 See
    datetime.fromisoformat() for details and examples.

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.*.write-pages

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    During data extraction, write received HTTP request data to enumerated files in the current working directory.

Special Values:
    "all" Include HTTP request and response headers.
    Hide Authorization, Cookie, and Set-Cookie values.
    "ALL" Include all HTTP request and response headers.

EXTRACTOR-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

  extractor.ao3.formats

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "pdf"

Example:
    * "azw3,epub,mobi,pdf,html"
    * ["azw3", "epub", "mobi", "pdf", "html"]

Description:
    Format(s) to download.

  extractor.arcalive.emoticons

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download emoticon images.

  extractor.arcalive.gifs

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Try to download .gif versions of .mp4 videos. true | "fallback Use the .gif version as primary URL and provide the .mp4 one as fallback. "check" Check whether a .gif version is available by sending an extra HEAD request. false Always download the .mp4 version.

  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.mviews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download .mview files.

  extractor.artstation.previews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download embed previews.

  extractor.artstation.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video clips.

  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.behance.modules

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["image", "video", "mediacollection", "embed"]

Description:
    Selects which gallery modules to download from.

Supported Types:
    * "image"
    * "video"
    * "mediacollection"
    * "embed"
    * "text"

  extractor.bellazon.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts of a thread are processed. "asc" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" | "reverse" Descending order (newest first)

  extractor.bellazon.quoted

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract files from quoted content.

  extractor.bilibili.livephoto

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download livephoto files.

  extractor.[blogger].api-key

Type:
    string

Description:
    Custom Blogger API key. https://developers.google.com/blogger/docs/3.0/using#APIKey

  extractor.[blogger].videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

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

  extractor.bluesky.api-server

Type:
    string

Default:
    "https://bsky.social" if a
    username is provided "https://api.bsky.app" otherwise

Description:
    Server address for API requests. Can be used when self-hosting a PDS

  extractor.bluesky.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    * "posts" if reposts or quoted is enabled
    * "media" otherwise

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

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * info
    * avatar
    * background
    * posts
    * replies
    * media
    * video
    * likes

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.bluesky.likes.endpoint

Type:
    string

Default:
    "listRecords"

Description:
    API endpoint to use for retrieving liked posts. "listRecords" Use the results from
    com.atproto.repo.listRecords Requires no login and alows accessing likes of all users,
    but uses one request to getPostThread per post, "getActorLikes" Use the results from
    app.bsky.feed.getActorLikes Requires login and only allows accessing your own likes.

  extractor.bluesky.metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * "facets,user"
    * ["facets", "user"]

Description:
    Extract additional metadata. facets hashtags, mentions, uris user Detailed user metadata for the user referenced in the input URL.
    (app.bsky.actor.getProfile)

  extractor.bluesky.likes.depth

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Sets the maximum depth of returned reply posts. (See the depth parameter of app.bsky.feed.getPostThread)

  extractor.bluesky.quoted

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from quoted posts.

  extractor.bluesky.reposts

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Process reposts.

  extractor.bluesky.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download videos.

  extractor.boosty.allowed

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Request only available posts.

  extractor.boosty.bought

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Request only purchased posts for feed results.

  extractor.boosty.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Provide detailed user metadata.

  extractor.boosty.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * list of strings

Default:
    true

Example:
    ["full_hd", "high", "medium"]

Description:
    Download videos. If this is a list, it selects which format to try to download.

Possible Formats:
    * ultra_hd (2160p)
    * quad_hd (1440p)
    * full_hd (1080p)
    * high (720p)
    * medium (480p)
    * low (360p)
    * lowest (240p)
    * tiny (144p)

  extractor.booth.strategy

Type:
    string

Default:
    "webpage"

Description:
    Selects how to handle and extract file URLs. "webpage" Retrieve the full HTML page and extract file URLs from it "fallback" Use fallback URLs to guess each file's correct filename extension

  extractor.bunkr.endpoint

Type:
    string

Default:
    "/api/_001_v2"

Description:
    API endpoint for retrieving file URLs.

  extractor.bunkr.tlds

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls which bunkr TLDs to accept. true Match URLs with *all* possible TLDs (e.g. bunkr.xyz or bunkrrr.duck) false Match only URLs with known TLDs

  extractor.[chevereto].password

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    null

Example:
    * pw1,pw2,foobar
    * ["pw1", "pw2", "foobar"]

Description:
    Password value(s) used to access protected albums.

  extractor.cien.files

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["image", "video", "download", "gallery"]

Description:
    Determines the type and order of files to download.

Available Types:
    * image
    * video
    * download
    * gallery

  extractor.civitai.api

Type:
    string

Default:
    "trpc"

Description:
    Selects which API endpoints to use. "rest" Public REST API "trpc" Internal tRPC API

  extractor.civitai.api-key

Type:
    string

Description:
    The API Key value generated in your User Account Settings to make authorized API requests. See API/Authorization for details.

  extractor.civitai.files

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["image"]

Description:
    Determines the type and order of files to download when processing models.

Available Types:
    * model
    * image
    * gallery

  extractor.civitai.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["user-images", "user-videos"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * user-models
    * user-posts
    * user-images
    * user-videos
    * user-collections

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately. To get a more complete set of metadata like model['name'] and post['title'], include user-models and user-posts as well as the default user-images and user-videos: ["user-models", "user-posts", "user-images", "user-videos"]

  extractor.civitai.metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * "generation,tags,post,version"
    * ["version", "generation"]

Description:
    Extract additional metadata.

Supported Values:
    * generation
    * post
    * tags
    * version

Note:
    This requires 1 additional API request for each selected value per image or video.

  extractor.civitai.nsfw

Type:
    * bool
    * string ("api": "rest")
    * integer ("api": "trpc")

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download NSFW-rated images.
    * For "api": "rest", this can be one of "None", "Soft", "Mature", "X" to set the highest returned mature content flag.
    * For "api": "trpc", this can be an integer whose bits select the returned mature content flags. For example, 28 (4816) would return only R, X, and XXX rated images, while 3 (1|2) would return only None and Soft rated images,

  extractor.civitai.period

Type:
    string

Default:
    "AllTime"

Description:
    Sets the period parameter when paginating over results.

Supported Values:
    * "AllTime"
    * "Year"
    * "Month"
    * "Week"
    * "Day"

  extractor.civitai.sort

Type:
    string

Default:
    "Newest"

Description:
    Sets the sort parameter when paginating over results.

Supported Values:
    * "Newest"
    * "Oldest"
    * "Most Reactions"
    * "Most Comments"
    * "Most Collected"

Special Values:
    "asc" Ascending order ("Oldest") "desc" | "reverse" Descending order ("Newest")

  extractor.civitai.quality

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "original=true"

Example:
    * "width=1280,quality=90"
    * ["width=1280", "quality=90"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of image quality options to pass with every image URL. Known available options include original, quality, width

Note:
    Set this option to an arbitrary letter, e.g., "w", to download images in JPEG format at their original resolution.

  extractor.civitai.quality-videos

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "original=true,quality=100"

Example:
    * "+transcode=true,quality=100"
    * ["+", "transcode=true", "quality=100"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of video quality options to pass with every video URL. Known available options include original, quality, transcode Use + as first character to add the given options to the quality ones.

  extractor.civitai.search-images.token

Type:
    string

Default:
    "8c46eb2508e21db1e9828a97968d91ab1ca1caa5f70a00e88a2ba1e286603b61"

Description:
    Authorization header value used for /multi-search queries.

  extractor.comick.lang

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "en"
    * "fr,it,pl"
    * ["fr", "it", "pl"]

Description:
    ISO 639-1 code(s) to filter chapters by.

  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.cyberfile.password

Type:
    string

Default:
    ""

Description:
    Password value used to access protected files and folders. Leave this value empty or undefined to be interactively prompted for a password when needed (see getpass()).

  extractor.cyberfile.recursive

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Recursively download files from subfolders.

  extractor.[Danbooru].external

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

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

  extractor.[Danbooru].favgroup.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "pool"

Description:
    Controls the order in which pool/favgroup posts are returned. "pool" "pool_asc" "asc" "asc_pool" Pool order "pool_desc" "desc_pool" "desc" Reverse Pool order "id" "id_desc" "desc_id" Descending Post ID order "id_asc" "asc_id" Ascending Post ID order

  extractor.[Danbooru].ugoira

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Controls the download target for Ugoira posts. true 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.dankefuerslesen.zip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download each chapter as a single ZIP archive instead of individual images.

  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.comments-avatars

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download the avatar of each commenting user.

Note:
    Enabling this option also enables deviantart.comments_.

  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 won't fetch deviations not contained 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
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Check whether the profile name in a given URL belongs to a group or a regular user. When disabled, assume every given profile name belongs to a regular user.

Special Values:
    "skip" Skip groups

  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.

Supported Values:
    * avatar
    * background
    * gallery
    * scraps
    * journal
    * favorite
    * status

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.deviantart.intermediary

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    For older non-downloadable images, download a higher-quality /intermediary/ version.

  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
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * "stats,submission"
    * ["camera", "stats", "submission"]

Description:
    Extract additional metadata for deviation objects. Provides description, tags, license, and is_watching fields when enabled. It is possible to request extended metadata by specifying a list of camera EXIF information if available stats Deviation statistics submission Submission information collection Favourited folder information (requires a refresh token) gallery Gallery folder information (requires a refresh token)

Note:
    Set this option to "all" to request all extended metadata categories. See /deviation/metadata for official documentation.

  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, videos, 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.previews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For non-image files (archives, videos, etc.), also download the file's preview image. Set this option to "all" to download previews for all files.

  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.quality

Type:
    * integer
    * string

Default:
    100

Description:
    JPEG quality level of images for which an original file download is not available. Set this to "png" to download a PNG version of these images instead.

  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.deviantart.avatar.formats

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["original.jpg", "big.jpg", "big.gif", ".png"]

Description:
    Avatar URL formats to return. Each format is parsed as SIZE.EXT.
    Leave SIZE empty to download the regular, small avatar format.

Note:
    Consider updating
    archive-format for avatar results to "a_{_username}_{index}{title[6:]}.{extension}"
    or similar when using an
    archive to be able to handle different formats.

  extractor.deviantart.folder.subfolders

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Also extract subfolder content.

  extractor.discord.embeds

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    ["image", "gifv", "video"]

Description:
    Selects which embed types to download from. Supported embed types are image, gifv, video, rich, article, link.

  extractor.discord.threads

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Extract threads from Discord text channels.

  extractor.discord.token

Type:
    string

Description:
    Discord Bot Token for API requests. You can follow this guide to get a token.

  extractor.dynastyscans.anthology.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract alert, description, and status metadata from an anthology's HTML page.

  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.erome.user.reposts

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Include reposts when extracting albums from a user profile.

  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.fallback-retries

Type:
    integer

Default:
    2

Description:
    Number of times a failed image gets retried or -1 for infinite retries.

  extractor.exhentai.fav

Type:
    string

Example:
    "4"

Description:
    After downloading a gallery, add it to your account's favorites as the given category number.

Note:
    Set this to "favdel" to remove galleries from your favorites. This will remove any Favorite Notes when applied to already favorited galleries.

  extractor.exhentai.gp

Type:
    string

Default:
    "resized"

Description:
    Selects how to handle "you do not have enough GP" errors.
    * "resized": Continue downloading non-original images.
    * "stop": Stop the current extractor run.
    * "wait": Wait for user input before retrying the current image.

  extractor.exhentai.limits

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Set a custom image download limit and perform limits-action when it gets exceeded.

  extractor.exhentai.limits-action

Type:
    string

Default:
    "stop"

Description:
    Action to perform when the image limit is exceeded.
    * "stop": Stop the current extractor run.
    * "wait": Wait for user input.
    * "reset": Spend GP to reset your account's image limits.

  extractor.exhentai.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Load extended gallery metadata from the API.
    * Adds archiver_key, posted, and torrents
    * Provides exact date and filesize

  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 "metadata" Load only a gallery's metadata from the API

  extractor.exhentai.tags

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Group tags by type and provide them as tags_<type> metadata fields, for example tags_artist or tags_character.

  extractor.facebook.author-followups

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

description:
    Extract comments that include photo attachments made by the author of the post.

  extractor.facebook.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "photos"

Example:
    * "avatar,photos"
    * ["avatar", "photos"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * info
    * avatar
    * photos
    * albums

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.facebook.loop

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Continue when detecting a jump to a set's beginning.

  extractor.facebook.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Control video download behavior. true Extract and download video & audio separately. "ytdl" Let ytdl handle video extraction and download, and merge video & audio streams. false Ignore videos.

  extractor.fanbox.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract comments metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 or more additional API requests per post, depending on the number of comments.

  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 ytdl handle video extraction and download for YouTube, Vimeo, and SoundCloud embeds. false Ignore embeds.

  extractor.fanbox.fee-max

Type:
    integer

Description:
    Do not request API data or extract files from posts that require a fee (feeRequired) greater than the specified amount.

Note:
    This option has no effect on individual post URLs.

  extractor.fanbox.metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * user,plan,comments
    * ["user", "plan", "comments"]

Description:
    Extract plan and extended user metadata.

Supported Fields:
    * comments
    * plan
    * user

Note:
    comments can also be enabled via fanbox.comments

  extractor.fanbox.creator.offset

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Custom offset starting value when paginating over posts.

  extractor.fansly.formats

Type:
    list of integers

Default:
    null

Example:
    [1, 2, 3, 4, 302, 303]

Description:
    List of file formats to consider during format selection.

  extractor.fansly.previews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download previews if no other format is available.

  extractor.fansly.token

Type:
    string

Example:
    "kX7pL9qW3zT2rY8mB5nJ4vC6xF1tA0hD8uE2wG9yR3sQ7iZ4oM5jN6cP8lV0bK2tU9aL1eW"

Description:
    authorization header value used for requests to https://apiv3.fansly.com/api to access locked content.

  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.contexts

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For each photo, return the albums and pools it belongs to as set and pool metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional API call per photo. See flickr.photos.getAllContexts for details.

  extractor.flickr.exif

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For each photo, return its EXIF/TIFF/GPS tags as exif and camera metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional API call per photo. See flickr.photos.getExif for details.

  extractor.flickr.info

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For each photo, retrieve its "full" metadata as provided by flickr.photos.getInfo

Note:
    This requires 1 additional API call per photo.

  extractor.flickr.metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * license,last_update,machine_tags
    * ["license", "last_update", "machine_tags"]

Description:
    Extract additional metadata (license, date_taken, original_format, last_update, geo, machine_tags, o_dims) It is possible to specify a custom list of metadata includes. See the extras parameter in Flickr's API docs for possible field names.

  extractor.flickr.profile

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract additional user profile metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional API call per user profile. See flickr.people.getInfo for details.

  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.

Supported Values:
    * gallery
    * scraps
    * favorite

Note:
    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's Options page.

  extractor.gelbooru.favorite.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which favorited posts are returned. "asc" Ascending favorite date order (oldest first) "desc" | "reverse" Descending favorite date order (newest first)

  extractor.generic.enabled

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

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

  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

Description:
    API token value used during API requests. An invalid or not up-to-date value will result in 401 Unauthorized errors. Keeping this option unset will use an extra HTTP request to attempt to fetch the current value used by gofile.

  extractor.gofile.recursive

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Recursively download files from subfolders.

  extractor.hdoujin.cbz

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download each gallery as a single .cbz file.

Note:
    Requires a token

  extractor.hdoujin.crt

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "0542daa9-352c-4fd5-a497-6c6d5cf07423"
    * "/12345/a1b2c3d4e5f6?crt=0542daa9-352c-4fd5-a497-6c6d5cf07423"

Description:
    The crt query parameter value sent when fetching gallery data. To get this value:
    * Open your browser's Developer Tools (F12)
    * Select Network → XHR
    * Open a gallery page
    * Select the last Network entry and copy its crt value

Note:
    You will also need your browser's user-agent

  extractor.hdoujin.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["0", "1600", "1280", "980", "780"]

Description:
    Name(s) of the image format to download. When more than one format is given, the first available one is selected. Possible formats are
    "780", "980", "1280", "1600", "0" (original)

  extractor.hdoujin.tags

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Group tags by type and provide them as tags_<type> metadata fields, for example tags_artist or tags_character.

  extractor.hdoujin.token

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "3f1a9b72-4e4d-4f4e-9e5d-4a2b99f7c893"
    * "Bearer 3f1a9b72-4e4d-4f4e-9e5d-4a2b99f7c893"
    * "Authorization: Bearer 3f1a9b72-4e4d-4f4e-9e5d-4a2b99f7c893"

Description:
    Authorization header value used for requests to https://api.hdoujin.org to access favorite galleries or download .cbz archives.

  extractor.hentaifoundry.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.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.

Supported Values:
    * pictures
    * scraps
    * stories
    * favorite

Note:
    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:
    * "webp"
    * "avif"

  extractor.imagechest.access-token

Type:
    string

Description:
    Your personal Image Chest access token. These tokens allow using the API instead of having to scrape HTML pages, providing more detailed metadata. (date, description, etc) See https://imgchest.com/docs/api/1.0/general/authorization for instructions on how to generate such a token.

  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.cursor

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Example:
    "3414259811154179155_25025320"

Description:
    Controls from which position to start the extraction process from. true Start from the beginning.
    Log the most recent cursor value when interrupted before reaching the end.
    false Start from the beginning. any string Start from the position defined by this value.

  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.

Supported Values:
    * posts
    * reels
    * tagged
    * stories
    * highlights
    * info
    * avatar

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.instagram.max-posts

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Limit the number of posts to download.

  extractor.instagram.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Provide extended user metadata even when referring to a user by ID, e.g. instagram.com/id:12345678.

Note:
    This metadata is always available when referring to a user by name, e.g. instagram.com/USERNAME.

  extractor.instagram.order-files

Type:
    string

Default:
    "asc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which files of each post are returned. "asc" Same order as displayed in a post "desc" | "reverse" Reverse order as displayed in a post

Note:
    This option does *not* affect {num}. To enumerate files in reverse order, use count - num + 1.

  extractor.instagram.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "asc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts are returned. "asc" Same order as displayed "desc" | "reverse" Reverse order as displayed "id" or "id_asc" Ascending order by ID "id_desc" Descending order by ID

Note:
    This option only affects highlights.

  extractor.instagram.previews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download video previews.

  extractor.instagram.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls video download behavior. true "dash" "ytdl" Download videos from video_dash_manifest data using ytdl "merged" Download pre-merged video formats false Do not download videos

  extractor.instagram.warn-images

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Show a warning when downloading images with a resolution smaller than the original. true Show a warning when at least one dimension is smaller than the reported original resolution "all" | "both" Show a warning only when both width and height are smaller than the reported original resolution false Do not show a warning

  extractor.instagram.warn-videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Show a warning when downloading videos with a User-Agent header causing potentially lowered video quality.

  extractor.instagram.stories.split

Type:
    * bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Split stories elements into separate posts.

  extractor.itaku.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "gallery"

Example:
    * "stars,gallery"
    * ["stars", "gallery"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * gallery
    * posts
    * followers
    * following
    * stars

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.itaku.order

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which images/posts/users are returned. "asc" | "reverse" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" Descending order (newest first) any other string Custom result order

  extractor.itaku.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.iwara.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "Source"
    * "360,540,Source"
    * ["360", "540", "Source"]

Description:
    Selects the preferred format for video downloads. When more than one format is given, the first available one is selected.

  extractor.iwara.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["user-images", "user-videos"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * user-images
    * user-videos
    * user-playlists

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.kemono.archives

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract additional metadata for archives files, including file, file_list, and password.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional HTTP request per archives file.

  extractor.kemono.archives-format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "list"

Description:
    Determines the format/type of the archives metadata field. "list" "array" Plain list with archive files as elements "dict" "object" A dict with each archive file's hash as key.

  extractor.kemono.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract comments metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.kemono.duplicates

Type:
    * bool
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    false

Example:
    * "attachment,inline"
    * ["file", "attachment"]

Description:
    Controls how to handle duplicate files in a post. true Download duplicates false Ignore duplicates any list or string Download a duplicate file if its type is in the given list
    Ignore it otherwise

  extractor.kemono.dms

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

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

  extractor.kemono.announcements

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract a user's announcements as announcements metadata.

  extractor.kemono.endpoint

Type:
    string

Default:
    "posts"

Description:
    API endpoint to use for retrieving creator posts. "posts" "legacy" Provides only limited metadata. "posts+" "legacy+" Provides full metadata, but requires an additional API request for each post.

  extractor.kemono.favorites

Type:
    string

Default:
    "artist"

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

  extractor.kemono.files

Type:
    list of strings

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

Description:
    Determines the type and order of files to be downloaded.

Available Types:
    * file
    * attachments
    * inline

  extractor.kemono.max-posts

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Limit the number of posts to download.

  extractor.kemono.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Extract username and user_profile metadata.

  extractor.kemono.revisions

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract post revisions. Set this to "unique" to filter out duplicate revisions.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.kemono.order-revisions

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which revisions are returned. "asc" | "reverse" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" Descending order (newest first)

  extractor.kemono.discord.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "asc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which discord posts are returned. "asc" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" | "reverse" Descending order (newest first)

  extractor.khinsider.covers

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download album cover images.

  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.koofr.recursive

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    true Recursively descent into subfolders while downloading individual files. false Download shared /links/ with multiple files as a single .zip file.

  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.data-saver

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Enable Data Saver mode and download lower quality versions of chapters.

  extractor.mangadex.lang

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Example:
    * "en"
    * "fr,it"
    * ["fr", "it"]

Description:
    ISO 639-1 code(s) to filter chapters by.

  extractor.mangadex.ratings

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

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

Example:
    * "safe"
    * "erotica,suggestive"
    * ["erotica", "suggestive"]

Description:
    List of acceptable content ratings for returned chapters.

  extractor.mangadex.manga.covers

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download manga cover images.

  extractor.mangafire.manga.lang

Type:
    string

Default:
    "en"

Description:
    ISO 639-1 code selecting which chapters to download.

  extractor.mangareader.manga.lang

Type:
    string

Default:
    "en"

Example:
    "pt-br"

Description:
    ISO 639-1 code selecting which chapters to download.

  extractor.mangapark.source

Type:
    * string
    * integer

Example:
    * "koala:en"
    * 15150116

Description:
    Select chapter source and language for a manga. The general syntax is "<source name>:<ISO 639-1 language code>".
    Both are optional, meaning "koala", "koala:", ":en",
    or even just ":" are possible as well. Specifying the numeric ID of a source is also supported.

  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.

  extractor.[mastodon].cards

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from cards.

  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].access-token

Type:
    string

Description:
    Your access token, necessary to fetch favorited notes.

  extractor.[misskey].date-min & .date-max

Type:
    Date

Default:
    null

Description:
    Retrieve only notes posted after/before this Date

  extractor.[misskey].include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "notes"

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

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * info
    * avatar
    * background
    * notes

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.[misskey].order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts are processed. "asc" | "reverse" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" Descending order (newest first)

  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.[misskey].text-posts

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Also retrieve text-only notes without media content.

  extractor.[moebooru].pool.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract extended pool metadata.

Note:
    Not supported by all moebooru instances.

  extractor.naver-blog.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download videos.

  extractor.naver-chzzk.offset

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Custom offset starting value when paginating over comments.

  extractor.newgrounds.flash

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

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

  extractor.newgrounds.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of string

Default:
    "original"

Example:
    * "720p"
    * ["mp4", "mov", "1080p", "720p"]

Description:
    Selects the preferred format for video downloads. If the selected format is not available, the next smaller one gets chosen. If this is a list, try each given filename extension in original resolution or recoded format until an available format is found.

  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.

Supported Values:
    * art
    * audio
    * games
    * movies

Note:
    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.

Supported Values:
    * illustration
    * doujin
    * favorite
    * nuita

Note:
    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 ytdl 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.cursor

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Example:
    "03:eyJ2IjoxLCJjIjoiMzU0NDQ1MjAiLCJ0IjoiIn0=:DTcmjBoVj01o_492YBYqHhqx"

Description:
    Controls from which position to start the extraction process from. true Start from the beginning.
    Log the most recent cursor value when interrupted before reaching the end.
    false Start from the beginning. any string Start from the position defined by this value.

  extractor.patreon.files

Type:
    list of strings

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

Description:
    Determines types and order of files to download.

Available Types:
    * postfile
    * images
    * image_large
    * attachments
    * content

  extractor.patreon.format-images

Type:
    string

Default:
    "download_url"

Description:
    Selects the format of images files.

Available Formats:
    * download_url ("a":1,"p":1)
    * url ("w":620)
    * original ("q":100,"webp":0)
    * default ("w":620)
    * default_small ("w":360)
    * default_blurred ("w":620)
    * default_blurred_small ("w":360)
    * thumbnail ("h":360,"w":360)
    * thumbnail_large ("h":1080,"w":1080)
    * thumbnail_small ("h":100,"w":100)

  extractor.patreon.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    collection "asc" otherwise "desc"

Example:
    * "-published_at"
    * "collection_order"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts are returned and processed. "asc" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" Descending order (newest first) "reverse" Reverse order any other string Custom sort order

  extractor.patreon.user.date-max

Type:
    Date

Default:
    0

Description:
    Sets the Date to start from.

  extractor.[philomena].api-key

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

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

  extractor.[philomena].filter

Type:
    integer

Default:
    :derpibooru: 56027 (Everything filter) :ponybooru: 3 (Nah. filter) :otherwise: 2

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.[philomena].svg

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download SVG versions of images when available. Try to download the view_url version of these posts when this option is disabled.

  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.stories

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Extract files from story pins.

  extractor.pinterest.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download from video pins.

  extractor.pixeldrain.api-key

Type:
    string

Description:
    Your account's API key

  extractor.pixeldrain.recursive

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Recursively download files from subfolders.

  extractor.pixeldrain.zip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download albums as a single .zip file.

  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.

Supported Values:
    * artworks
    * avatar
    * background
    * favorite
    * novel-user
    * novel-bookmark
    * sketch

Note:
    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 request per bookmarked post.

  extractor.pixiv.captions

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For works with seemingly empty caption metadata, try to grab the actual caption value using the AJAX API.

  extractor.pixiv.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch comments metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 or more additional API requests per post, depending on the number of comments.

  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
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download Pixiv's Ugoira animations. These animations come as a .zip archive containing all animation frames in JPEG format by default. Set this option to "original" to download them as individual, higher-quality frames. Use an ugoira post processor to convert them to watchable animations. (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.pixiv.sanity

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Try to fetch limit_sanity_level works via web API.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch comments metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 or more additional API requests per novel, depending on the number of comments.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.covers

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download cover images.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.embeds

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download embedded images.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.full-series

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    When downloading a novel being part of a series, download all novels of that series.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.max-posts

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

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

  extractor.pixiv-novel.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch extended user metadata.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.metadata-bookmark

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    For novels bookmarked by your own account, fetch bookmark tags as tags_bookmark metadata.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional API request per bookmarked post.

  extractor.pixiv-novel.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. This can be the same value as extractor.pixiv.refresh-token

  extractor.pixiv-novel.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.plurk.comments

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Also search Plurk comments for URLs.

  extractor.[postmill].save-link-post-body

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Whether or not to save the body for link/image posts.

  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.api

Type:
    string

Default:
    "rest"

Description:
    Selects which API endpoints to use. "oauth" Use the OAuth API at https://oauth.reddit.com Requires client-id & user-agent and uses a refresh token for authentication. "rest" Use the REST API at https://www.reddit.com Uses cookies for authentication.

  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.embeds

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download embedded comments media.

  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.limit

Type:
    integer

Default:
    null

Description:
    Number of results to return in a single API query. This value specifies the limit parameter used for API requests when retrieving paginated results. null means not including this parameter at all and letting Reddit chose a default.

  extractor.reddit.previews

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    For failed downloads from external URLs / child extractors, download Reddit's preview image/video if available.

  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.selftext

Type:
    bool

Default:
    * true if comments are enabled
    * false otherwise

Description:
    Follow links in the original post's selftext.

  extractor.reddit.videos

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    "dash"

Description:
    Control video download behavior. true Download videos and use ytdl to handle HLS and DASH manifests "ytdl" Download videos and let ytdl handle all of video extraction and download "dash" Extract DASH manifest URLs and use ytdl to download and merge them. (*) false Ignore videos

Note:
    (*) 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.reddit.user.only

Type:
    bool

Default:
    user-saved user-upvoted user-downvoted false otherwise true

Description:
    Only process and return posts from the user specified in the input URL.

  extractor.redgifs.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

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

Description:
    List of names of the preferred animation format.` 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.

Available Formats:
    * "hd"
    * "sd"
    * "gif"
    * "thumbnail"
    * "vthumbnail"
    * "poster"

  extractor.rule34.api-key & .user-id

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    Values from the API Access Credentials section found near the bottom of your account's Options page. Enable Generate New Key? and click Save if the value after &api_key= is empty, e.g. &api_key=&user_id=12345

  extractor.rule34xyz.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["10", "40", "41", "2"]

Example:
    "33,34,4"

Description:
    Selects the file format to extract. When more than one format is given, the first available one is selected.

  extractor.sankaku.refresh

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Refresh download URLs before they expire.

  extractor.sankaku.tags

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    Group tags by type and
    provide them as tags_<type> and tag_string_TYPE metadata fields, for example tags_artist and tags_character.
    true Enable general tags categories Requires:
    * 1 additional API request per 100 tags per post "extended" Group tags by the new, extended tag category system used on chan.sankakucomplex.com Requires:
    * 1 additional HTTP request per post
    * authenticated cookies to fetch full tags category data false Disable tags categories

  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.schalenetwork.cbz

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download each gallery as a single .cbz file.

Note:
    Requires a token

  extractor.schalenetwork.crt

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "0542daa9-352c-4fd5-a497-6c6d5cf07423"
    * "/12345/a1b2c3d4e5f6?crt=0542daa9-352c-4fd5-a497-6c6d5cf07423"

Description:
    The crt query parameter value sent when fetching gallery data. To get this value:
    * Open your browser's Developer Tools (F12)
    * Select Network → XHR
    * Open a gallery page
    * Select the last Network entry and copy its crt value

Note:
    You will also need your browser's user-agent

  extractor.schalenetwork.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["0", "1600", "1280", "980", "780"]

Description:
    Name(s) of the image format to download. When more than one format is given, the first available one is selected.

Formats:
    * "780"
    * "980"
    * "1280"
    * "1600"
    * "0" (original)

  extractor.schalenetwork.tags

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Group tags by type and provide them as tags_<type> metadata fields, for example tags_artist or tags_character.

  extractor.schalenetwork.token

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "3f1a9b72-4e4d-4f4e-9e5d-4a2b99f7c893"
    * "Bearer 3f1a9b72-4e4d-4f4e-9e5d-4a2b99f7c893"
    * "Authorization: Bearer 3f1a9b72-4e4d-4f4e-9e5d-4a2b99f7c893"

Description:
    Authorization header value used for requests to https://api.schale.network to access favorite galleries or download .cbz archives.

  extractor.sexcom.gifs

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download animated images as .gif instead of .webp

  extractor.sizebooru.metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract additional metadata:
    * approver
    * artist
    * date
    * date_approved
    * favorite
    * source
    * tags
    * uploader
    * views

Note:
    This requires 1 additional HTTP request per post.

  extractor.skeb.article

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download article images.

  extractor.skeb.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    * ["works", "sentrequests"] if sent-requests are enabled
    * ["works"] otherwise

Example:
    * "works,sentrequests"
    * ["works", "sentrequests"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * works
    * sentrequests

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  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.steamgriddb.animated

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include animated assets when downloading from a list of assets.

  extractor.steamgriddb.epilepsy

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include assets tagged with epilepsy when downloading from a list of assets.

  extractor.steamgriddb.dimensions

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "all"

Example:
    * "1024x512,512x512"
    * ["460x215", "920x430"]

Description:
    Only include assets that are in the specified dimensions. all can be used to specify all dimensions.

Valid Values:
    Grids 460x215 920x430 342x482 600x900 660x930 512x512 1024x1024 Heroes 1600x650 1920x620 3840x1240 Logos N/A (will be ignored) Icons 8x8 10x10 14x14 16x16 20x20 24x24 28x28 32x32 35x35 40x40 48x48 54x54 56x56 57x57 60x60 64x64 72x72 76x76 80x80 90x90 96x96 100x100 114x114 120x120 128x128 144x144 150x150 152x152 160x160 180x180 192x192 194x194 256x256 310x310 512x512 768x768 1024x1024

  extractor.steamgriddb.file-types

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "all"

Example:
    * "png,jpeg"
    * ["jpeg", "webp"]

Description:
    Only include assets that are in the specified file types. all can be used to specify all file types.

Valid Values:
    Grids png jpeg jpg webp Heroes png jpeg jpg webp Logos png webp Icons png ico

  extractor.steamgriddb.download-fake-png

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download fake PNGs alongside the real file.

  extractor.steamgriddb.humor

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include assets tagged with humor when downloading from a list of assets.

  extractor.steamgriddb.languages

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "all"

Example:
    * "en,km"
    * ["fr", "it"]

Description:
    Only include assets that are in the specified languages.

Valid Values:
    ISO 639-1 codes

Note:
    all can be used to specify all languages.

  extractor.steamgriddb.nsfw

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include assets tagged with adult content when downloading from a list of assets.

  extractor.steamgriddb.sort

Type:
    string

Default:
    "score_desc"

Description:
    Set the chosen sorting method when downloading from a list of assets.

Supported Values:
    * score_desc (Highest Score (Beta))
    * score_asc (Lowest Score (Beta))
    * score_old_desc (Highest Score (Old))
    * score_old_asc (Lowest Score (Old))
    * age_desc (Newest First)
    * age_asc (Oldest First)

  extractor.steamgriddb.static

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include static assets when downloading from a list of assets.

  extractor.steamgriddb.untagged

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include untagged assets when downloading from a list of assets.

  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.tenor.format

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

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

Description:
    List of names of the preferred animation format. If a selected format is not available, the next one in the list will be tried until a format is found.

Available Formats:
    * gif
    * gif_transparent
    * mediumgif
    * gifpreview
    * tinygif
    * tinygif_transparent
    * mp4
    * tinymp4
    * webm
    * webp
    * webp_transparent
    * tinywebp
    * tinywebp_transparent

  extractor.tiktok.audio

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Controls audio download behavior. true Download audio tracks "ytdl" Download audio tracks using ytdl false Ignore audio tracks

  extractor.tiktok.covers

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download video covers. true Download the first cover found in the following order:
    * thumbnail
    * cover
    * originCover
    * dynamicCover false Do not download covers "all" Download all available covers

  extractor.tiktok.photos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download photos.

  extractor.tiktok.subtitles

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    false

Example:
    * "all"
    * "ASR,MT,LC"
    * "ASR,eng-US"

Description:
    Download video subtitles. The subtitles can be filtered by source or language. The following source types can be filtered:
    * ASR - Automatic Speech Recognition
    * MT - Machine Translation
    * LC - Local Captions / Creator Captions If both source types and language codes are provided, only subtitles matching both are downloaded. true Download all subtitles tagged ASR false Do not download subtitles "all" Download all available subtitles. "ASR,MT,eng-US,cmn-Hans-CN" Download english and simplified chinese subtitles that are either automatically recognized or machine translated. The source types and languages can be listed in any order.

Note:
    It is not possible to filter all subtitles of a specific source type, while also filtering for additional languages of another source type. (e.g. any ASR subtitle + fra-FR of any source type) For this, refer to extractor.*.image-filter.

  extractor.tiktok.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download videos using ytdl.

  extractor.tiktok.tiktok-range

Type:
    string

Default:
    ""

Example:
    "1-20"

Description:
    Range or playlist indices of tiktok posts to extract. When using ytdl, see ytdl/playlist_items for details.

  extractor.tiktok.posts.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts are processed. "asc" | "reverse" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" Descending order (newest first) "popular" *Popular* order

  extractor.tiktok.posts.ytdl

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract user posts with ytdl

  extractor.tiktok.posts.module

Type:
    Module

Default:
    null

Description:
    The ytdl Module to extract posts from a tiktok user profile with. See extractor.ytdl.module.

  extractor.tiktok.user.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["avatar", "posts"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * avatar
    * posts
    * reposts
    * stories
    * likes
    * saved

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  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.pagination

Type:
    string

Default:
    * "before" if date-max is set
    * "offset" otherwise

Description:
    Controls how to paginate over blog posts. "api" next parameter provided by the API (potentially misses posts due to a bug in Tumblr's API) "before" Timestamp of last post "offset" Post offset number

  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 or -1 for infinite retries.

  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.twibooru.svg

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download SVG versions of images when available. Try to download the view_url version of these posts when this option is disabled.

  extractor.twitter.ads

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Fetch media from promoted Tweets.

  extractor.twitter.articles

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download media embedded in articles.

  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 ytdl

  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
    * string

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>. If this option is equal to "accessible", only download from conversation Tweets if the given initial Tweet is accessible.

  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.cursor

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Example:
    "1/DAABCgABGVKi5lE___oKAAIYbfYNcxrQLggAAwAAAAIAAA"

Description:
    Controls from which position to start the extraction process from. true Start from the beginning.
    Log the most recent cursor value when interrupted before reaching the end.
    false Start from the beginning. any string Start from the position defined by this value.

Note:
    A cursor value from one timeline cannot be used with another.

  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.

  extractor.twitter.unavailable

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Try to download media marked as Unavailable, e.g. Geoblocked videos.

  extractor.twitter.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "timeline"

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

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * info
    * avatar
    * background
    * timeline
    * tweets
    * media
    * replies
    * highlights
    * likes

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  extractor.twitter.transform

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

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

  extractor.twitter.tweet-endpoint

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Selects the API endpoint used to retrieve single Tweets. "restid" /TweetResultByRestId - accessible to guest users "detail" /TweetDetail - more stable "auto" "detail" when logged in, "restid" otherwise

  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
    * orig
    * large
    * medium
    * small
    * 4096x4096
    * 900x900
    * 360x360

  extractor.twitter.limit

Type:
    * integer
    * list of integers

Default:
    50

Example:
    [40, 30, 20, 10, 5]

Description:
    Number of requested results per API query. When given as a list, start with the first element as count parameter and switch to the next element whenever no results are returned.

  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.ratelimit

Type:
    string

Default:
    "wait"

Description:
    Selects how to handle exceeding the API rate limit. "abort" Raise an error and stop extraction "abort:N" Raise an error and stop extraction after waiting N times until rate limit reset "wait" Wait until rate limit reset "wait:N" Wait for N seconds

  extractor.twitter.locked

Type:
    string

Default:
    "abort"

Description:
    Selects how to handle "account is temporarily locked" errors. "abort" Raise an error and stop extraction "wait" Wait until the account is unlocked and retry

  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.retries-api

Type:
    integer

Default:
    9

Description:
    Maximum number of retries for API requests when encountering server errors, or -1 for infinite retries.

  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.search-limit

Type:
    * integer
    * list of integers

Default:
    20

Example:
    [50, 20, 10, 5, 2]

Description:
    Number of requested results per search query. When given as a list, start with the first element as count parameter and switch to the next element when search-stop is reached.

  extractor.twitter.search-pagination

Type:
    string

Default:
    "max_id"

Description:
    Selects how to paginate over search results. "cursor" Use cursor values provided by the API "max_id" "maxid" "id" Update the max_id search query parameter to the Tweet ID value of the last retrieved Tweet.

  extractor.twitter.search-results

Type:
    string

Default:
    "latest"

Description:
    Determines the target of search results.

Supported Values:
    * "top"
    * "media"
    * "latest" | "live"

  extractor.twitter.search-stop

Type:
    integer

Default:
    3

Description:
    Number of empty search result batches to accept before stopping.

  extractor.twitter.timeline.strategy

Type:
    string

Default:
    "auto"

Description:
    Controls the strategy / tweet source used for timeline URLs (https://twitter.com/USER/timeline). "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:
    "user"

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

Description:
    Basic format string for user URLs generated from
    following and list-members queries, whose replacement field values come from Twitter user objects
    (Example)

Special Values:
    "user" https://twitter.com/i/user/{rest_id} "timeline" https://twitter.com/id:{rest_id}/timeline "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 ytdl false Skip video Tweets

  extractor.unsplash.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    "raw"

Description:
    Name of the image format to download.

Available Formats:
    * "raw"
    * "full"
    * "regular"
    * "small"
    * "thumb"

  extractor.vipergirls.domain

Type:
    string

Default:
    "viper.click"

Description:
    Specifies the domain used by vipergirls extractors. For example "viper.click" if the main domain is blocked or to bypass Cloudflare,

  extractor.vipergirls.like

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Automatically like posts after downloading their images.

Note:
    Requires login or cookies

  extractor.vipergirls.order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    "desc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts of a thread are processed. "asc" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" | "reverse" Descending order (newest first)

  extractor.vk.offset

Type:
    integer

Default:
    0

Description:
    Custom offset starting value when paginating over image results.

  extractor.vsco.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "gallery"

Example:
    * "avatar,collection"
    * ["avatar", "collection"]

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * avatar
    * gallery
    * spaces
    * collection

Note:
    It is possible to use "all" instead of listing all values separately.

  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.

Supported Values:
    * uploads
    * collections

Note:
    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.webtoons.bgm

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Example:
    "aac"

Description:
    Download an episode's background music if available. If this is a string, remux the downloaded background music file into the given format.

Note:
    Requires ytdl for downloads and ffmpeg for remuxing

  extractor.webtoons.quality

Type:
    * integer
    * string
    * object (ext → type)

Default:
    "original"

Example:
    * 90
    * "q50"
    * {"jpg": "q80", "jpeg": "q80", "png": false}

Description:
    Controls the quality of downloaded files by modifying URLs' type parameter. "original" Download minimally compressed versions of JPG files any integer Use "q<VALUE>" as type parameter for JPEG files any string Use this value as type parameter for JPEG files any object Use the given values as type parameter for URLs with the specified extensions
    - Set a value to false to completely remove these extension's type parameter
    - Omit an extension to leave its URLs unchanged

  extractor.webtoons.banners

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download the active comic's banner.

  extractor.webtoons.thumbnails

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download the active episode's thumbnail. Useful for creating CBZ archives with actual source thumbnails.

  extractor.weebdex.data-saver

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Enable Data Saver mode and download lower quality versions of chapters.

  extractor.weebdex.manga.lang

Type:
    string

Default:
    "en"

Description:
    ISO 639-1 code selecting which chapters to download.

  extractor.weibo.gifs

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download gif files. Set this to "video" to download GIFs as video files.

  extractor.weibo.include

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "feed"

Description:
    A (comma-separated) list of subcategories to include when processing a user profile.

Supported Values:
    * home
    * feed
    * videos
    * newvideo
    * article
    * album
    * subalbums

Note:
    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.movies

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Download movie videos.

  extractor.weibo.retweets

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

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.text

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract full text & text_raw metadata for statuses with truncated text.

  extractor.weibo.videos

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Download video files.

  extractor.weibo.album.subalbums

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract subalbum media.

  extractor.wikimedia.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    fandom | wikigg "original" otherwise ""

Description:
    Sets the format query parameter value added to all download URLs.

  extractor.wikimedia.image-revisions

Type:
    integer

Default:
    1

Description:
    Number of revisions to return for a single image. The dafault value of 1 only returns the latest revision. The value must be between 1 and 500.

Note:
    The API sometimes returns image revisions on article pages even when this option is set to 1. However, setting it to a higher value may reduce the number of API requests.

  extractor.wikimedia.limit

Type:
    integer

Default:
    50

Description:
    Number of results to return in a single API query. The value must be between 10 and 500.

  extractor.wikimedia.subcategories

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    For Category: pages, recursively descent into subcategories.

  extractor.[xenforo].metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Extract detailed metadata for media files.

Note:
    This requires 1 additional HTTP request per file.

  extractor.[xenforo].order-posts

Type:
    string

Default:
    thread "desc" otherwise "asc"

Description:
    Controls the order in which posts of a thread or media files are processed. "asc" Ascending order (oldest first) "desc" "reverse" Descending order (newest first) "reaction" "score" Reaction Score order (threads only)

  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 ytdl options specified as command-line arguments. See yt-dlp options / youtube-dl options

  extractor.ytdl.config-file

Type:
    Path

Example:
    "~/.config/yt-dlp/config"

Description:
    Location of a ytdl configuration file to load options from.

  extractor.ytdl.deprecations

Type:
    ´´bool´´

Default:
    false

Description:
    Allow ytdl to warn about deprecated options and features.

  extractor.ytdl.enabled

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Process URLs otherwise unsupported by gallery-dl with ytdl.

  extractor.ytdl.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    Default of the ytdl module used.
    ("bestvideo*+bestaudio/best" for yt_dlp,
    "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" for youtube_dl)

Description:
    ytdl format selection string. See yt-dlp format selection / youtube-dl format selection

  extractor.ytdl.generic

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Enables the use of ytdl's Generic extractor. Set this option to "force" for the same effect as --force-generic-extractor.

  extractor.ytdl.generic-category

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    When using ytdl's Generic extractor, change category to "ytdl-generic" and set subcategory to the input URL's domain.

  extractor.ytdl.logging

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Route ytdl's output through gallery-dl's logging system. Otherwise it will be written 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:
    Module

Default:
    null

Example:
    * "yt-dlp"
    * "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/youtube_dl"

Description:
    The ytdl 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. Available options can be found in yt-dlp's docstrings / youtube-dl's docstrings

  extractor.zerochan.extensions

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    ["jpg", "png", "webp", "gif"]

Example:
    * "gif"
    * ["webp", "gif", "jpg"}

Description:
    List of filename extensions to try when dynamically building download URLs ("pagination": "api" + "metadata": false)

  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.zerochan.pagination

Type:
    string

Default:
    "api"

Description:
    Controls how to paginate over tag search results. "api" Use the JSON API (no extension metadata) "html" Parse HTML pages (limited to 100 pages * 24 posts)

  extractor.zerochan.redirects

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Automatically follow tag redirects.

  extractor.[booru].tags

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Group tags by type and provide them as tags_<type> metadata fields, for example tags_artist or tags_character.

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
    * list of strings

Default:
    "file_url"

Example:
    * "preview_url"
    * ["sample_url", "preview_url", "file_url"]

Description:
    Alternate field name to retrieve download URLs from. When multiple names are given, download the first available one.

  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
    * object (Condition → Path)

Default:
    null

Example:
    "/tmp/.gdl" { "size > 100000": "~/.gdl/part", "duration" : "/tmp/.gdl/video", }

Description:
    Alternate location(s) for .part files.

Note:
    If this value is null or no Conditions apply, .part files are stored alongside the actual output files. For a single Path, missing directories will be created as needed

  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
    * list with 2 strings

Default:
    null

Example:
    * "32000"
    * "500k"
    * "1M - 2.5M"
    * ["1M", "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. If given as a range, the maximum download rate will be randomly chosen before each download. (see random.randint())

  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.sleep-429

Type:
    Duration

Default:
    extractor.*.sleep-429

Description:
    Number of seconds to sleep when receiving a 429 Too Many Requests response before retrying the request.

Note:
    Requires retry-codes to include 429.

  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.http.validate-html

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Check for unexpected HTML responses. Fail file downloads with a text/html Content-Type header when expecting a media file instead.

  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 ytdl options specified as command-line arguments. See yt-dlp options / youtube-dl options

  downloader.ytdl.config-file

Type:
    Path

Example:
    "~/.config/yt-dlp/config"

Description:
    Location of a ytdl configuration file to load options from.

  downloader.ytdl.deprecations

Type:
    ´´bool´´

Default:
    false

Description:
    Allow ytdl to warn about deprecated options and features.

  downloader.ytdl.format

Type:
    string

Default:
    Default of the ytdl module used.
    ("bestvideo*+bestaudio/best" for yt_dlp,
    "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" for youtube_dl)

Description:
    ytdl format selection string. See yt-dlp format selection / youtube-dl format selection

  downloader.ytdl.forward-cookies

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Forward gallery-dl's cookies to ytdl.

  downloader.ytdl.logging

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Route ytdl's output through gallery-dl's logging system. Otherwise it will be written 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:
    Module

Default:
    null

Example:
    * "yt-dlp"
    * "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/youtube_dl"

Description:
    The ytdl Module to import. Setting this to null will try to import "yt_dlp" followed by "youtube_dl" as fallback.

  downloader.ytdl.outtmpl

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The Output Template used to generate filenames for files downloaded with ytdl. See yt-dlp output template / youtube-dl output template.

Special Values:
    null generate filenames with extractor.*.filename "default" use ytdl's default, currently "%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s" for yt-dlp / "%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s" for youtube-dl

Note:
    An output template other than null might cause unexpected results in combination with certain 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. Available options can be found in yt-dlp's docstrings / youtube-dl's docstrings

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" "pipe" if not on a TTY, "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", "debug" : "0;37", "info" : "1;37", "warning": "1;33", "error" : "1;31" }

Description:
    Controls the ANSI colors used for various outputs. Output for mode: color
    * success: successfully downloaded files
    * skip: skipped files Logging Messages:
    * debug: debug logging messages
    * info: info logging messages
    * warning: warning logging messages
    * error: error logging messages

  output.ansi

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

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.jsonl

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Output -j/--dump-json & -J/--resolve-json data in JSON Lines format.

  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:
    * Format String
    * Logging Configuration

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

Description:
    Configuration for logging output to stderr.

  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.

  output.errorfile

Type:
    * Path
    * Logging Configuration

Description:
    File to write input URLs which returned an error to. When combined with -I/--input-file-comment or -x/--input-file-delete, this option will cause *all* input URLs from these files to be commented/deleted after processing them and not just successful ones.

  output.num-to-str

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

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

POSTPROCESSOR OPTIONS

  actions.action

Type:
    Action(s)

Description:
    The Action(s) to perform.

Note:
    This option can also be set as mode, making it possible to use "name": "actions/<action>@<event>"

  actions.event

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "prepare"

Description:
    The event(s) for which actions.action is triggered. See metadata.event for a list of available events.

  classify.mapping

Type:
    object (directory → extensions)

Default:
    { "Pictures" : ["jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif", "bmp", "svg", "webp", "avif", "heic", "heif", "ico", "psd"], "Video" : ["flv", "ogv", "avi", "mp4", "mpg", "mpeg", "3gp", "mkv", "webm", "vob", "wmv", "m4v", "mov"], "Music" : ["mp3", "aac", "flac", "ogg", "wma", "m4a", "wav"], "Archives" : ["zip", "rar", "7z", "tar", "gz", "bz2"], "Documents": ["txt", "pdf"] }

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.

  directory.event

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "prepare"

Description:
    The event(s) for which directory Format Strings are (re)evaluated. See metadata.event for a list of available events.

  exec.archive

Type:
    * string
    * Path

Description:
    Database to store IDs of executed commands in, similar to extractor.*.archive. The following archive options are also supported:
    * archive-format
    * archive-prefix
    * archive-pragma
    * archive-table

  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 evaluated as a Format String using the files' metadata as well as {_path}, {_temppath}, {_directory}, and {_filename}.

  exec.commands

Type:
    list of commands

Example:
    [ ["echo", "{user[account]}", "{id}"] ["magick", "convert" "{_path}", "\fF {_path.rpartition('.')[0]}.png"], "rm {}", ]

Description:
    Multiple commands to run in succession. All commands after the first returning with a non-zero exit status will not be run.

  exec.event

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "after"

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

  exec.session

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Start subprocesses in a new session. On Windows, this means passing CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP as a creationflags argument to subprocess.Popen On POSIX systems, this means enabling the start_new_session argument of subprocess.Popen to have it call setsid().

  exec.verbose

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Include command arguments in logging messages.

  hash.chunk-size

Type:
    integer

Default:
    32768

Description:
    Number of bytes read per chunk during file hash computation.

  hash.event

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "file"

Description:
    The event(s) for which file hashes are computed. See metadata.event for a list of available events.

  hash.filename

Type:
    * bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Rebuild filenames after computing hash digests and adding them to the metadata dict.

  hash.hashes

Type:
    * string
    * object (field name → hash algorithm)

Default:
    "md5,sha1"

Example:
    "sha256:hash_sha,sha3_512:hash_sha3" { "hash_sha" : "sha256", "hash_sha3": "sha3_512" }

Description:
    Hash digests to compute. For a list of available hash algorithms, run python -c "import hashlib; print('\n'.join(hashlib.algorithms_available))" or see python/hashlib.
    * If this is a string, it is parsed as a a comma-separated list of algorthm-fieldname pairs: [<hash algorithm> ":"] <field name> ["," ...] When <hash algorithm> is omitted, <field name> is used as algorithm name.
    * If this is an object, it is a <field name> to <algorithm name> mapping for hash digests to compute.

Note:
    This option can also be set as mode, making it possible to use "name": "hash/<fieldname>@<event>"

  metadata.mode

Type:
    string

Default:
    "json"

Description:
    Selects how to process metadata. "json" Write metadata using json.dump() "jsonl" Write metadata in JSON Lines format "tags" Write tags separated by newlines "print" Write the result of applying content-format to stdout "custom" Write the result of applying content-format to a file "modify" Add or modify metadata entries "delete" Remove metadata entries

  metadata.filename

Type:
    Format String

Default:
    null

Example:
    "{id}.data.json"

Description:
    A Format String to generate filenames for metadata files. (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
    * list of strings

Default:
    "."

Example:
    * "metadata"
    * ["..", "metadata", "\fF {id // 500 * 500}"]

Description:
    Directory where metadata files are stored in relative to metadata.base-directory.

  metadata.base-directory

Type:
    * bool
    * Path

Default:
    false

Description:
    Selects the relative location for metadata files. false Current target location for file downloads (base-directory + directory_) true Current base-directory location any Path Custom location

  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:
    Format String

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

Description:
    Custom Format String to generate filename extensions for metadata files, which will replace the original filename extension.

Note:
    When this option is set, metadata.extension is ignored.

  metadata.metadata-path

Type:
    string

Example:
    "_meta_path"

Description:
    Insert the path of generated files into metadata dictionaries as the given name.

  metadata.event

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "file"

Example:
    * "prepare,file,after"
    * ["prepare-after", "skip"]

Description:
    The event(s) for which metadata gets written to a file. 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 finalize-success On extractor shutdown when no error occurred finalize-error On extractor shutdown when at least one error occurred prepare Before a file download prepare-after Before a file download, but after building and checking file paths 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 error After a file download failed 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.include

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["id", "width", "height", "description"]

Description:
    Include only the given top-level keys when writing JSON data.

Note:
    Missing or undefined fields will be silently ignored.

  metadata.exclude

Type:
    list of strings

Example:
    ["blocked", "watching", "status"]

Description:
    Exclude all given keys from written JSON data.

Note:
    Cannot be used with metadata.include.

  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 that field name.

Note::
    Unlike standard Format Strings, replacement fields here preserve the original type of their value instead of automatically converting it to type-str.

  metadata.content-format

Type:
    * Format String
    * list of Format Strings

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

Description:
    Custom Format String(s) to build the content of metadata files with.

Note:
    Only applies to "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 to "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 to "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 to "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 to "mode": "json" and "jsonl".

  metadata.open

Type:
    string

Default:
    "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

Default:
    "utf-8"

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

  metadata.newline

Type:
    string

Default:
    null

Description:
    The newline sequence used in metadata files. If null, any \n characters written are translated to the system default line separator. See the newline argument of open() for further details.

Supported Values:
    null Any \n characters written are translated to the system default line separator. "" "\n" Don't replace newline characters. "\r" "\r\n" Replace newline characters with the given sequence.

  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:
    * string
    * Path

Description:
    Database to store IDs of generated metadata files in, similar to extractor.*.archive. The following archive options are also supported:
    * archive-format
    * archive-prefix
    * archive-pragma
    * archive-table

  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
    * list of strings

Default:
    "file"

Description:
    The event(s) for which mtime.key or mtime.value get evaluated. See metadata.event for a list of available events.

  mtime.key

Type:
    string

Default:
    "date"

Description:
    Name of the metadata field whose value should be used. This value must be either a UNIX timestamp or a type-datetime object.

Note:
    This option is ignored if mtime.value is set.

  mtime.value

Type:
    Format String

Default:
    null

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

Description:
    The Format String whose value should be used. The resulting value must be either a UNIX timestamp or a type-datetime object.

Note::
    Unlike standard Format Strings, replacement fields here preserve the original type of their value instead of automatically converting it to type-str.

  python.archive

Type:
    * string
    * Path

Description:
    Database to store IDs of called Python functions in, similar to extractor.*.archive. The following archive options are also supported:
    * archive-format
    * archive-prefix
    * archive-pragma
    * archive-table

  python.event

Type:
    * string
    * list of strings

Default:
    "file"

Description:
    The event(s) for which python.function gets called. See metadata.event for a list of available events.

  python.expression

Type:
    Expression

Example:
    * "print('Foo Bar')"
    * "terminate()"

Description:
    A Python Expression to evaluate.

Note:
    Only used with "mode": "eval"

  python.function

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "my_module:generate_text"
    * "~/.local/share/gdl_utils.py:resize"

Description:
    The Python function to call. This function is specified as <module>:<function name>, where
    <module> is a Module and
    <function name> is the name of the function in that module. It gets called with the current metadata dict as argument.

  python.mode

Type:
    string

Default:
    "function"

Description:
    Selects what Python code to run. "eval" Evaluate an expression function" Call a function

  rename.from

Type:
    Format String

Description:
    The Format String for filenames to rename. When no value is given, extractor.*.filename is used.

  rename.to

Type:
    Format String

Description:
    The Format String for target filenames. When no value is given, extractor.*.filename is used.

  rename.skip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Do not rename a file when another file with the target name already exists.

  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.

Supported Values:
    "auto" use mkvmerge if available, fall back to concat otherwise "concat" https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#concat-1
    Inaccurate frame timecodes for non-uniform frame delays
    "image2" https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#image2-1
    Accurate timecodes, requires nanosecond file timestamps, i.e. no Windows or macOS)
    "mkvmerge" Accurate timecodes, only WebM or MKV, requires mkvmerge) "archive" Store "original" frames in a .zip archive

  ugoira.ffmpeg-location

Type:
    Path

Default:
    "ffmpeg"

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

  ugoira.mkvmerge-args

Type:
    list of strings

Default:
    null

Example:
    ["--no-date", "--disable-lacing"]

Description:
    Additional mkvmerge command-line arguments.

  ugoira.mkvmerge-location

Type:
    Path

Default:
    "mkvmerge"

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

  ugoira.mkvmerge-metadata

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Let mkvmerge write BPS, DURATION, NUMBER_OF_BYTES, and NUMBER_OF_FRAMES metadata tags.

Implementation Detail:
    Disabling this option passes --disable-track-statistics-tags to mkvmerge

  ugoira.mkvmerge-mtime

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Set the date segment information field of files processed with mkvmerge.

  ugoira.mkvmerge-output

Type:
    bool

Default:
    false

Description:
    Enable mkvmerge output.

  ugoira.ffmpeg-output

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    "error"

Description:
    Controls ffmpeg output. true Enable ffmpeg output false Disable all ffmpeg output any string Pass -hide_banner and -loglevel with this value as argument to ffmpeg

  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. "uniform" Like auto, but assign an explicit frame rate only to Ugoira with uniform frame delays. 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.metadata

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    When using "mode": "archive", save Ugoira frame delay data as animation.json within the archive file. If this is a string, use it as alternate filename for frame delay files.

  ugoira.mtime

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Set modification times of generated ugoira animations.

  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.

  ugoira.skip

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    Do not convert frames if target file already exists.

  zip.compression

Type:
    string

Default:
    "store"

Description:
    Compression method to use when writing the archive.

Supported Values:
    * "store"
    * "zip"
    * "bzip2"
    * "lzma"

  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.

  extractor.category-map

Type:
    * object (category → category)
    * string

Example:
    { "danbooru": "booru", "gelbooru": "booru" }

Description:
    A JSON object mapping category names to their replacements.

Special Values:
    * "compat" { "coomer" : "coomerparty", "kemono" : "kemonoparty", "turbo" : "saint", "schalenetwork": "koharu", "naver-chzzk" : "chzzk", "naver-blog" : "naver", "naver-webtoon": "naverwebtoon", "pixiv-novel" : "pixiv", "pixiv-novel:novel" : ["pixiv", "novel"], "pixiv-novel:user" : ["pixiv", "novel-user"], "pixiv-novel:series" : ["pixiv", "novel-series"], "pixiv-novel:bookmark": ["pixiv", "novel-bookmark"] }

  extractor.config-map

Type:
    object (category → category)

Default:
    { "coomerparty" : "coomer", "kemonoparty" : "kemono", "giantessbooru": "sizebooru", "koharu" : "schalenetwork", "chzzk" : "naver-chzzk", "naver" : "naver-blog", "naverwebtoon" : "naver-webtoon", "pixiv" : "pixiv-novel", "saint" : "turbo" }

Description:
    Duplicate the configuration settings of extractor categories to other names. For example, a "naver": "naver-blog" key-value pair will make all naver config settings available for naver-blog extractors as well.

  jinja.environment

Type:
    object (name → value)

Example:
    { "variable_start_string": "(((", "variable_end_string" : ")))", "keep_trailing_newline": true }

Description:
    Initialization parameters for the jinja Environment object.

  jinja.policies

Type:
    object (name → value)

Example:
    { "urlize.rel": "nofollow noopener", "ext.i18n.trimmed": true }

Description:
    jinja Policies

  jinja.filters

Type:
    Module

Description:
    A Python Module containing custom jinja filters

  jinja.tests

Type:
    Module

Description:
    A Python Module containing custom jinja tests

  globals

Type:
    Module

Description:
    A Python Module whose namespace, in addition to the GLOBALS dict in util.py, is used as globals parameter for compiled 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.

  filters-environment

Type:
    * bool
    * string

Default:
    true

Description:
    Evaluate Expressions in a special environment preventing them from raising fatal exceptions. true "tryexcept" Wrap expressions in a try/except block; Evaluate expressions raising an exception as false false "raw" Do not wrap expressions in a special environment "defaultdict" Prevent exceptions when accessing undefined variables by using a defaultdict

  format-operator-dot

Type:
    bool

Default:
    true

Description:
    In standard Format Strings, allow the dot operator . to function as a general access operator in addition to regular attribute access.
    * obj.attribute
    * dict.fieldname
    * list.123

  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/

  input-files

Type:
    list of Path

Example:
    ["~/urls.txt", "$HOME/input"]

Description:
    Additional input files.

  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.

  signals-actions

Type:
    object (signal → Action(s))

Example:
    { "SIGINT" : "flag download = stop", "SIGUSR1": [ "print Received SIGUSR1", "exec notify.sh", "exit 127" ] }

Description:
    Action(s) to perform when a signal is received.

  subconfigs

Type:
    list of Path

Example:
    ["~/cfg-twitter.json", "~/cfg-reddit.json"]

Description:
    Additional configuration files to load.

  warnings

Type:
    string

Default:
    "default"

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

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.mangadex.client-id & .client-secret

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and go to your User Settings
    * open the "API Clients" section
    * click "+ Create"
    * choose a name
    * click "✔️ Create"
    * wait for approval / reload the page
    * copy the value after "AUTOAPPROVED ACTIVE" in the form "personal-client-..." and put it in your configuration file as "client-id"
    * click "Get Secret", then "Copy Secret", and paste it into your configuration file as "client-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 a name
    * select "installed app"
    * set "redirect uri" to http://localhost:6414/
    * solve the "I'm not a robot" challenge if needed
    * 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)
    * clear your cache to delete any remaining access-token entries. (gallery-dl --clear-cache reddit)
    * get a refresh-token for the new client-id (gallery-dl oauth:reddit)

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

Type:
    string

How To:
    * login and Apply for an API Key
    * fill out the form:
    * choose a random name and description
    * set "Type" to "Application"
    * set "Platform" to "All"
    * set "Use" to "Non-Commercial"
    * tick the two checkboxes at the bottom
    * 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:
    * choose a random name and description
    * set "Application Website" to https://example.org/
    * set "Default callback URL" to https://example.org/
    * solve the "I'm not a robot" challenge
    * 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").

  Module

Type:
    * string
    * Path

Example:
    * "gdl_utils"
    * "~/.local/share/gdl/"
    * "~/.local/share/gdl_utils.py"

Description:
    A Python Module This can be one of
    * the name of an importable Python module
    * the Path to a Python package
    * the Path to a .py file See Python/Modules for details.

  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.

Note:
    In Windows environments, both backslashes \ as well as forward slashes / can be used as path separators. However, since backslashes are JSON's escape character, they themselves must be escaped as \\. For example, a path like C:\path\to\file.ext has to be specified as
    * "C:\\path\\to\\file.ext" when using backslashes
    * "C:/path/to/file.ext" when using forward slashes in a JSON file.

  Logging Configuration

Type:
    object

Example:
    { "format" : "{asctime} {name}: {message}", "format-date": "%H:%M:%S", "path" : "~/log.txt", "encoding" : "ascii", "defer" : true } { "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 an object 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}" for logfile, "{message}" for unsupportedfile and errorfile
    * 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" for logfile and unsupportedfile, "a" for errorfile
    * encoding
    * File encoding
    * Default: "utf-8"
    * defer
    * Defer file opening/creation until writing the first logging message
    * Default: false for logfile, true for unsupportedfile and errorfile

Note:
    path, mode, encoding, and defer are only applied when configuring logging output to a file. (See logging.FileHandler)

  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" Condition 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. Available postprocessor types are actions Perform Action(s) 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)
    directory Reevaluate directory Format Strings exec Execute external commands hash Compute file hash digests metadata Write metadata to separate files mtime Set file modification time according to its metadata python Call Python functions rename Rename previously downloaded files ugoira Convert Pixiv Ugoira to WebM using ffmpeg zip Store files in a ZIP archive

  Action

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "exit"
    * "print Hello World"
    * "raise AbortExtraction an error occured"
    * "flag file = terminate"
    * ["print Exiting", "exit 1"]

Description:
    An Action is parsed as Action Type followed by (optional) arguments: <type> <arg1> <arg2> … It is possible to specify more than one action by providing them as a list: ["<action1>", "<action2>", …] Supported Action Types: status: Modify job exit status.
    Expected syntax is <operator> <value> (e.g. = 100).
    Supported operators are = (assignment), & (bitwise AND), | (bitwise OR), ^ (bitwise XOR). level: Modify severity level of the current logging message.
    Can be one of debug, info, warning, error or an integer value.
    Use 0 to ignore a message (level = 0).
    print: Write argument to stdout. exec: Run a shell command. abort: Stop the current extractor run. terminate: Stop the current extractor run, including parent extractors. restart: Restart the current extractor run. raise: Raise an exception. This can be an exception defined in exception.py or a built-in exception (e.g. ZeroDivisionError) flag: Set a flag. Expected syntax is <flag>[ = <value>] (e.g. post = stop)
    <flag> can be one of file, post, child, download
    <value> can be one of stop, abort, terminate, restart (default stop)
    wait: Sleep for a given Duration or
    wait until Enter is pressed when no argument was given.
    exit: Exit the program with the given argument as exit status.

  Expression

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "1 + 2 + 3"
    * "str(id) + '_' + title"
    * "' - '.join(tags[:3]) if tags else 'no tags'"

Description:
    A Python Expression is a combination of values, variables, operators, and function calls that evaluate to a single value.

Reference:
    * https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html

  Condition

Type:
    * Expression
    * list of Expressions

Example:
    * "not is_watching"
    * "locals().get('optional')"
    * "date >= datetime(2025, 7, 1) or abort()"
    * ["width > 800", "0.9 < width/height < 1.1"]

Description:
    A Condition is an Expression whose result is evaluated as a type-bool value.

  Format String

Type:
    string

Example:
    * "foo"
    * "{username}"
    * "{title} ({id}).{extension}"
    * "\fF {title.title()} ({num:>0:>0{len(str(a))}} / {count}).{extension}"

Description:
    A Format String allows creating dynamic text by embedding metadata values directly into replacement fields marked by curly braces {...}.

Reference:
    * docs/formatting
    * https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatstrings
    * https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatspec

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)