kemono-scraper

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Kemono-scraper

A simple downloader to download images from kemono.party

Flag Option

Cookie File

only needed if you want to download favorite creators or posts

--cookie PATH
cookie file, default is cookies.txt (value separate by whitespace)
syntax:

Domain	Include subdomains	Path	Secure	Expiry	Name	Value
.kemono.party	FALSE	/	TRUE	1706755572	kemono_auth

you can get cookies easily by using Chrome extension Get cookies.txt LOCALLY

Windows

Windows can detect the cookie file automatically(Not supported in no_cookies_detection version)
--cookie-browser string
which browser to use, default is chrome (supported: chrome, firefox, edge , opera, vivaldi)

Download Option

--link [<urls>]
download link, separate by comma
--creator [<service>:<id>]
download creators, separate by comma
--banner bool
download banner, default is false (kemono only)
--fav-site string
specify the website to get favorites from (kemono or coomer), separated by comma
--fav-creator bool
download favorite creator, default is false
--fav-post bool
download favorite post, default is false

Post Filter Option

--first int
download first n post
--last int
download last n post
--date YYYYMMDD
download post on date
--date-before YYYYMMDD
download post before date
--date-after YYYYMMDD
download post after date
--update YYYYMMDD
download post updated on date
--update-before YYYYMMDD
download post updated before date
--update-after YYYYMMDD
download post updated after date

Image Filter Option

--extension-only [<ext>]
download post with extension, separate by comma
--extension-exclude [<ext>]
download post without extension, separate by comma
--max-size string
download post with size less than max-size (e.g. 1 MB, 1KB, 1.5 gb, etc.)
--min-size string
download post with size greater than min-size (e.g. 1 MB, 1KB, 1.5 gb, etc.)

Downloader Option

--output PATH
output path
--template <tags>
The template for customizing download paths, where you can use the following keywords to specify different parts of the path:

• <ks:service>: creator service
• <ks:creator>: creator name
• <ks:post>: post title
• <ks:index>: file index
• <ks:filename>: file name
• <ks:filehash>: file hash
• <ks:extension>: file extension

for example:
[<ks:service>] <ks:creator>/<ks:post>/<ks:index>-<ks:filename><ks:extension>

--image-template <tags>
The template for customizing image file, --template should be set first
--video-template <tags>
The template for customizing video file, --template should be set first
--audio-template <tags>
The template for customizing audio file, --template should be set first
--archive-template <tags>
The template for customizing archive file, --template should be set first

--content bool
download content, default is false
--overwrite bool
overwrite existing file
--async bool
download posts asynchronously, may cause the file order is not the same as the post order, can be used with --with-prefix-number, default false
--max-download-parallel int
max download file concurrent, default is 3, async mode only
--with-prefix-number bool
add prefix number to file name <order>_<filename>, default false
--name-rule-only-index bool
only use index as file name, default false
--download-timeout int
download timeout in seconds, default 1800
--retry int
retry times, default 3
--retry-interval number
retry interval in seconds, default 10. The number can be specified as either an int or float type
--rate-limit int
rate limit in request/s, default 2
--proxy string
proxy url, default is empty, support socks5, http, https (e.g. socks5://proxy:1080)

Config File

config file is in ./config.yaml
Options in config file are the same as command-line flag options, but will be overridden by flags (if both exists). Usually used for setting the default settings for the scraper.
Example:

banner: true
async: true
max-download-parallel: 5
output: ./downloads
template: "[<ks:service>] <ks:creator>/<ks:post>/<ks:filename><ks:extension>"
image-template: "[<ks:service>] <ks:creator>/<ks:post>/<ks:index><ks:extension>"
video-template: "[<ks:service>] <ks:creator>/<ks:post>/video/<ks:filename><ks:extension>"
retry: 10
retry-interval: 15
# proxy: socks5://proxy:1080

Features

With Kemono-scraper, you can implement a Downloader to take advantage of features such as multi-connection downloading, resume broken downloads, and more.