diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py
index 4a0d871..a872953 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py
@@ -3,42 +3,22 @@
 
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Optional
 
-import requests
 from praw.models import Submission
 
-from bulkredditdownloader.errors import SiteDownloaderError
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class BaseDownloader(ABC):
-    def __init__(self, post: Submission):
+    def __init__(self, post: Submission, typical_extension: Optional[str] = None):
         self.post = post
-        self.hashes = []
+        self.typical_extension = typical_extension
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def download(self) -> list[Resource]:
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
+        """Return list of all un-downloaded Resources from submission"""
         raise NotImplementedError
-
-    def _download_resource(self, resource_url: str):
-        headers = {
-            "User-Agent":
-            "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/67.0.3396.87 "
-            "Safari/537.36 OPR/54.0.2952.64",
-            "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8",
-            "Accept-Charset": "ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3",
-            "Accept-Encoding": "none",
-            "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.8",
-            "Connection": "keep-alive",
-        }
-        # Loop to attempt download 3 times
-        for i in range(3):
-            try:
-                download_content = requests.get(resource_url, headers=headers).content
-            except ConnectionResetError:
-                raise SiteDownloaderError
-            return Resource(self.post, resource_url, download_content)
-
-        raise SiteDownloaderError
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/direct.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/direct.py
index 713eacf..450d409 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/direct.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/direct.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+from typing import Optional
+
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
 
@@ -9,5 +13,5 @@ class Direct(BaseDownloader):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
-        return [self._download_resource(self.post.url)]
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
+        return [Resource(self.post, self.post.url)]
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/erome.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/erome.py
index 39094f6..8675cee 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/erome.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/erome.py
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ import re
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
+from typing import Optional
 
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.errors import NotADownloadableLinkError
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ class Erome(BaseDownloader):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
         try:
             images = self._get_links(self.post.url)
         except urllib.error.HTTPError:
@@ -29,15 +32,14 @@ class Erome(BaseDownloader):
             image = images[0]
             if not re.match(r'https?://.*', image):
                 image = "https://" + image
-            return [self._download_resource(image)]
+            return [Resource(self.post, image)]
 
         else:
             out = []
             for i, image in enumerate(images):
                 if not re.match(r'https?://.*', image):
                     image = "https://" + image
-
-                    out.append(self._download_resource(image))
+                    out.append(Resource(self.post, image))
             return out
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gallery.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gallery.py
index 7125674..8d53056 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gallery.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gallery.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
 import requests
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.errors import NotADownloadableLinkError, ResourceNotFound
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ class Gallery(BaseDownloader):
         link = self.post.url
         self.raw_data = self._get_data(link)
 
-    def download(self):
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
         images = {}
         count = 0
         for model in self.raw_data['posts']['models']:
@@ -61,7 +64,5 @@ class Gallery(BaseDownloader):
         return data
 
     def _download_album(self, images: dict):
-        out = []
-        for image_key in images.keys():
-            out.append(self._download_resource(images[image_key]['url']))
+        out = [Resource(self.post, images[image_key]['url']) for image_key in images.keys()]
         return out
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gfycat.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gfycat.py
index af94596..cd33f46 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gfycat.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gfycat.py
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 import json
 import re
 import urllib.request
+from typing import Optional
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.gif_delivery_network import GifDeliveryNetwork
 
 
@@ -14,14 +17,12 @@ class Gfycat(GifDeliveryNetwork):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
-        super().download()
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
+        return super().find_resources(authenticator)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_link(url: str) -> str:
-        """Extract direct link to the video from page's source
-        and return it
-        """
+        """Extract direct link to the video from page's source and return it """
         if re.match(r'\.(webm|mp4|gif)$', url):
             return url
 
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gif_delivery_network.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gif_delivery_network.py
index b335ed8..072048e 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gif_delivery_network.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/gif_delivery_network.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import urllib.request
+from typing import Optional
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.errors import NotADownloadableLinkError
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
 
@@ -13,19 +16,17 @@ class GifDeliveryNetwork(BaseDownloader):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
         try:
             media_url = self._get_link(self.post.url)
         except IndexError:
             raise NotADownloadableLinkError("Could not read the page source")
 
-        return [self._download_resource(media_url)]
+        return [Resource(self.post, media_url)]
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_link(url: str) -> str:
-        """Extract direct link to the video from page's source
-        and return it
-        """
+        """Extract direct link to the video from page's source and return it"""
         if '.webm' in url.split('/')[-1] or '.mp4' in url.split('/')[-1] or '.gif' in url.split('/')[-1]:
             return url
 
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py
index d555800..2111b44 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
 import requests
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.errors import NotADownloadableLinkError, ResourceNotFound, SiteDownloaderError
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.direct import Direct
 
@@ -14,19 +17,18 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class Imgur(BaseDownloader):
-
     imgur_image_domain = "https://i.imgur.com/"
 
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
         self.raw_data = {}
 
-    def download(self):
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
         link = self.post.url
 
         if link.endswith(".gifv"):
             direct_thing = Direct(self.post)
-            return direct_thing.download()
+            return direct_thing.find_resources(authenticator)
 
         self.raw_data = self._get_data(link)
 
@@ -47,13 +49,13 @@ class Imgur(BaseDownloader):
         for i in range(images_length):
             extension = self._validate_extension(images["images"][i]["ext"])
             image_url = self.imgur_image_domain + images["images"][i]["hash"] + extension
-            out.append(self._download_resource(image_url))
+            out.append(Resource(self.post, image_url))
         return out
 
     def _download_image(self, image: dict):
         extension = self._validate_extension(image["ext"])
         image_url = self.imgur_image_domain + image["hash"] + extension
-        return [self._download_resource(image_url)]
+        return [Resource(self.post, image_url)]
 
     def _is_album(self) -> bool:
         return "album_images" in self.raw_data
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/redgifs.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/redgifs.py
index 7cb54fc..3e8ad8e 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/redgifs.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/redgifs.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 import json
 import urllib.request
+from typing import Optional
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.errors import NotADownloadableLinkError
+from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.gif_delivery_network import GifDeliveryNetwork
 
 
@@ -14,8 +17,8 @@ class Redgifs(GifDeliveryNetwork):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
-        super().download()
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
+        return super().find_resources(authenticator)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_link(url: str) -> str:
@@ -31,7 +34,8 @@ class Redgifs(GifDeliveryNetwork):
 
         url.add_header(
             'User-Agent',
-            'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/67.0.3396.87 Safari/537.36 OPR/54.0.2952.64')
+            'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko)'
+            ' Chrome/67.0.3396.87 Safari/537.36 OPR/54.0.2952.64')
 
         page_source = (urllib.request.urlopen(url).read().decode())
 
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/self_post.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/self_post.py
index cda5c78..f01b6f1 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/self_post.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/self_post.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
@@ -14,8 +16,10 @@ class SelfPost(BaseDownloader):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
-        return Resource(self.post, self.post.url, bytes(self.export_to_string()))
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
+        out = Resource(self.post, self.post.url)
+        out.content = self.export_to_string()
+        return out
 
     def export_to_string(self) -> str:
         """Self posts are formatted here"""
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/vreddit.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/vreddit.py
index 40df4b3..c92bf8a 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/vreddit.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/vreddit.py
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import os
 import pathlib
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
+from typing import Optional
 
 import requests
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
@@ -19,12 +21,12 @@ class VReddit(BaseDownloader):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
         try:
             fnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')
             subprocess.call("ffmpeg", stdout=fnull, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         except subprocess.SubprocessError:
-            return self._download_resource(self.post.url)
+            return [Resource(self.post, self.post.url)]
         else:
             video_url = self.post.url
             audio_url = video_url[:video_url.rfind('/')] + '/DASH_audio.mp4'
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ class VReddit(BaseDownloader):
                 self._merge_audio(temp_dir)
                 with open(temp_dir / 'output.mp4', 'rb') as file:
                     content = file.read()
-            return Resource(self.post, self.post.url, content)
+            out = Resource(self.post, self.post.url)
+            out.content = content
+            return out
 
     @staticmethod
     def _merge_audio(working_directory: pathlib.Path):
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/youtube.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/youtube.py
index 6184d26..d9da907 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/youtube.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/youtube.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 import logging
 import tempfile
+from typing import Optional
 
 import youtube_dl
 from praw.models import Submission
 
+from bulkredditdownloader.authenticator import Authenticator
 from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
 from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
 
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ class Youtube(BaseDownloader):
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
-    def download(self):
-        return self._download_video()
+    def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[Authenticator] = None) -> list[Resource]:
+        return [self._download_video()]
 
     def _download_video(self) -> Resource:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
@@ -33,4 +35,6 @@ class Youtube(BaseDownloader):
 
             with open(temp_dir / 'test.mp4', 'rb') as file:
                 content = file.read()
-        return Resource(self.post, self.post.url, content)
+        out = Resource(self.post, self.post.url)
+        out.content = content
+        return out
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_base_downloader.py b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_base_downloader.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3644abf..0000000
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_base_downloader.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# coding=utf-8
-
-from pathlib import Path
-from unittest.mock import Mock
-
-import pytest
-
-from bulkredditdownloader.resource import Resource
-from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.base_downloader import BaseDownloader
-
-
-class BlankDownloader(BaseDownloader):
-    def __init__(self, post):
-        super().__init__(post)
-
-    def download(self) -> list[Resource]:
-        return [self._download_resource(self.post.url)]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(('test_url', 'expected_hash'), (
-    ('https://docs.python.org/3/_static/py.png', 'a721fc7ec672275e257bbbfde49a4d4e'),
-))
-def test_get_resource(test_url: str, expected_hash: str):
-    mock_submission = Mock
-    mock_submission.url = test_url
-    downloader = BlankDownloader(mock_submission)
-    result = downloader.download()
-    assert isinstance(result[0], Resource)
-    assert result[0].hash.hexdigest() == expected_hash
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py
index 1fd41e9..11a0651 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ def reddit_submission(reddit_instance) -> praw.models.Submission:
 
 def test_gallery(reddit_submission: praw.models.Submission):
     gallery = Gallery(reddit_submission)
-    results = gallery.download()
+    results = gallery.find_resources()
     assert len(results) == 4
     assert all([isinstance(result, Resource) for result in results])