e621-downloader

Node.js bulk-file downloader client for e621.net

Installation

npm install e621-downloader --save

Usage

Require the downloader module and call its fetchAndDownload() method.

static fetchAndDownload(todo, [blacklist], [directory])

• todo is an array of tags and links you can use to locate and retrieve files for downloading.
• blacklist is an array of tags to filter content with, as sometimes that is necessary.
• directory is the path to save the files to. If left out, it will download to a local /downloads/ folder.

When ran, it will first fetch all the file metadata, including their IDs, hashes, file sizes, etc. Depending on how many posts it must retrieve, the process may take from less than a minute to half an hour.

Once it has compiled a queue, it will begin downloading sequentially. Files already on disk will be skipped to save time and resources. After all files have been processed and downloaded, it will display the number of successful downloads, skipped files, and failed ones.