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Bulk Downloader for Reddit

Downloads media from reddit posts.

What it can do

Can get posts from: frontpage, subreddits, multireddits, redditor's submissions, upvoted and saved posts; search results or just plain reddit links
Sorts posts by hot, top, new and so on
Downloads REDDIT images and videos, IMGUR images and albums, GFYCAT links, EROME images and albums, SELF POSTS and any link to a DIRECT IMAGE
Skips the existing ones
Puts post title and OP's name in file's name
Puts every post to its subreddit's folder
Saves a reusable copy of posts' details that are found so that they can be re-downloaded again
Logs failed ones in a file to so that you can try to download them later

How it works

For Windows and Linux users, there are executable files to run easily without installing a third party program. But if you are a paranoid like me, you can compile it from source code.
MacOS users have to compile it from source code.

Additional options

Script also accepts additional options via command-line arguments. Get further information from --help

Setting up the script

You need to create an imgur developer app in order API to work. 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.

FAQ

What do the dots resemble when getting posts?

Each dot means that 100 posts are scanned.

Getting posts is taking too long.

You can press Ctrl+C to interrupt it and start downloading.

How are filenames formatted?

Self posts and images that are not belong to an album are formatted as [SUBMITTER NAME]_[POST TITLE]_[REDDIT ID]. You can use reddit id to go to post's reddit page by going to link reddit.com/[REDDIT ID]
An image in an imgur album is formatted as [ITEM NUMBER]_[IMAGE TITLE]_[IMGUR ID] Similarly, you can use imgur id to go to image's imgur page by going to link imgur.com/[IMGUR ID].

How do I open self post files?

Self posts are held at reddit as styled with markdown. So, the script downloads them as they are in order not to lose their stylings. However, there is a great Chrome extension for viewing Markdown files with its styling. Install it and open the files with Chrome.

However, they are basically text files. You can also view them with any text editor such as Notepad on Windows, gedit on Linux or Text Editor on MacOS

How can I change my credentials?

All of the user data is held in config.json file which is in a folder named "Bulk Downloader for Reddit" in your Home directory. You can edit them, there.