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- **MacOS** users have to **[compile it from source code](docs/COMPILE_FROM_SOURCE.md)**.
## Additional options
Script also accepts additional options via command-line arguments such as *quitting the program after it finishes*, *enabling verbose mode* or *saving the posts without downloading them for later use*. Get further information from **[`--help`](docs/COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENTS.md)**
Script also accepts additional options via command-line arguments. Get further information from **[`--help`](docs/COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENTS.md)**
## Setting up the script
Because this is not a commercial app, you need to create an imgur developer app in order API to work.
### Creating an imgur app
* Go to https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient
* Enter a name into the **Application Name** field.
* Pick **Anonymous usage without user authorization** as an **Authorization type**\*
* Enter your email into the Email field.
* Correct CHAPTCHA
* Click **submit** button
You need to create an imgur developer app in order API to work.
It should redirect you to a page which shows your **imgur_client_id** and **imgur_client_secret**
Go to https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient and fill the form (It does not really matter how you fill it).
It should redirect you to a page where it shows your **imgur_client_id** and **imgur_client_secret**.
\* Select **OAuth 2 authorization without a callback URL** first then select **Anonymous usage without user authorization** if it says *Authorization callback URL: required*. If this does not work, it is safe to proceed with **OAuth 2 authorization without a callback URL**.
## FAQ
### What do the dots resemble when getting posts?
- Each dot means that 100 posts are scanned.