reddit-dl

reddit-dl

Limitless reddit downloader / No API no limit

• Download from r/cats or some NFSW sub, or user profile. All supported.
• No api limit, make archives update them.

Commits

• Yes please, reddit-dl needs your commit.
• Just before commit, e-mail address on profile.

Installation

Manuel Installation

    # clone the repo
    $ git clone https://github.com/reddit-dl/reddit-dl.git

    # change the working directory to sherlock
    $ cd reddit-dl/

    # install the requirements
    $ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

    # then call
    $ python3 reddit_dl.py --help

Installation with pip

    # install
    $ pip install -U reddit-dl  

    # then call
    $ reddit-dl --help 

Example usage:

    # download to `cats` subreddit media
    $ reddit-dl https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/

    # update to downloaded `cats` subreddit media
    $ reddit-dl --update https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/` 

    # download to `cats` subreddit media with `-r`
    $ reddit-dl -r cats

    # update with folder name to downloaded `cats` subreddit media
    $ reddit-dl --update r-cats  

    # Not download gifs
    $ reddit-dl -u <username> --no-gifs

Usage and Options

usage: reddit_dl.py [-h] [--version] [-u [USER ...]] [-r [REDDIT ...]] [-V] [-P] [-G] [-N] [--update] [--user-agent USER_AGENT]
                    [--request-timeout N] [--max-connection-attempts N]
                    [target ...]

Download pictures, gifs, videos along with their captions and other metadata from Reddit.

Miscellaneous Options:
-h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
--version             Show version number and exit.

What to Download:
Specify a list of targets. For each of these, reddit-dl creates a folder and downloads all media content. The following targets are
supported:

target                Full url of users, subreddits or their local folder names.Exp. `https://reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/`
-u [USER ...], --user [USER ...]
                        Usernames to download.
-r [REDDIT ...], --reddit [REDDIT ...]
                        Subreddit names to download.

What to Download of each Post:
-V, --no-videos       Do not download videos.
-P, --no-pictures     Do not download pictures.
-G, --no-gifs         Do not download pictures.
-N, --no-nsfw         Do not download NSFW content.

Which Posts to Download:
--update              For each target, stop when encountering the first already-downloaded content.

How to Download:
--user-agent USER_AGENT
                        User Agent to use for HTTP requests.
--request-timeout N   Seconds to wait before timing out a connection request. Defaults to 300.
--max-connection-attempts N
                        Maximum number of connection attempts until a request is aborted.

https://github.com/reddit-dl/reddit-dl