[Deviantart] Gallery-dl only downloads single image from post with multiple images

[defaultd3f4lt]

Now that my previous issue is resolved i can suggest update for deviantart scrapper.

Recently Deviantart implements a new feature that allowing users to upload up to 10 images in a single post, however gallery-dl currently only download the first image on the post and moves on to the next posts. it still can download the other images by copying the rest of image's links however it would be hassle to manually copying each one of them.

[Hrxn]

IOW, you're saying it's a site change...

[mikf]

Example post: https://www.deviantart.com/justatest235723/art/1133021832

edit: The OAuth API does not seem to support this and returns only the first file.

[defaultd3f4lt]

ah i see, so for now theres nothing we can do about it unless DA update/adding this support to the OAuth API?

[mikf]

... or I finally rewrite and update most DA code to use the "new" API:
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/tree/deviantart-rewrite

[defaultd3f4lt]

interesting, let me know when this branch merged with the main one

[Newbie1706]

It's worth noting that the download button on DA's page does not even download the different images.
You can switch to the different images, but the download button still only downloads the first pic 🤔

[AtomicTEM]

It's worth noting that the download button on DA's page does not even download the different images. You can switch to the different images, but the download button still only downloads the first pic 🤔

Wow Deviantart is just absolutely useless, do that have only one dev or something?

[defaultd3f4lt]

it's worth to mention that in Deviantart Mobile App (that they haven't updated for a YEAR) also only shows the first image and not the rest, so seems like its more on their side's fault.

alternatively if you still want to use gallery-dl to download those multiple image posts for the time being, i have made some work around for it:

1. first set the image views to column, then copy all the image links into notepad / TXT file, then save and name it into whatever you want (example: test.txt)
2. then use this command on your terminal: gallery-dl -i "your_txt_file_name.txt" -D ".../deviantart/artist_name"

note: remember each time you want to download new set of multiple images from a post, you have to manually copy and paste the new image links to the txt file (and don't forget to remove the previous links inside it), also don't forget the path to save the images on the option -D and match the artist_name with the one you want to download.

[fredinno]

Do you have a general idea of when gallery-dl will finally be compatible with this site feature?

[Scripter17]

Do you have a general idea of when gallery-dl will finally be compatible with this site feature?

For me, paying him usually gets it done faster

For about a year I was sending $30 CAD a month and that got my asks resolved pretty quick

[fredinno]

Ah.

I mean, this feature seems pretty universally desired.

I guess I will have to wait, since I don't really have the cash.

[Scripter17]

Ah.

I mean, this feature seems pretty universally desired.

I guess I will have to wait, since I don't really have the cash.

I was a bit of a dick to you earlier (though asking for an ETA when you're not paying is, IMO, a bit rude). And since I also need this...

@mikf, I don't suppose I could get one last thing bumped to the top of the queue?

[defaultd3f4lt]

in the meantime, you can try this workaround i have been using @fredinno

it's worth to mention that in Deviantart Mobile App (that they haven't updated for a YEAR) also only shows the first image and not the rest, so seems like its more on their side's fault.

alternatively if you still want to use gallery-dl to download those multiple image posts for the time being, i have made some work around for it:

1. first set the image views to column, then copy all the image links into notepad / TXT file, then save and name it into whatever you want (example: test.txt)
2. then use this command on your terminal: gallery-dl -i "your_txt_file_name.txt" -D ".../deviantart/artist_name"

note: remember each time you want to download new set of multiple images from a post, you have to manually copy and paste the new image links to the txt file (and don't forget to remove the previous links inside it), also don't forget the path to save the images on the option -D and match the artist_name with the one you want to download.

[MarqFJA87]

in the meantime, you can try this workaround i have been using @fredinno

it's worth to mention that in Deviantart Mobile App (that they haven't updated for a YEAR) also only shows the first image and not the rest, so seems like its more on their side's fault.
alternatively if you still want to use gallery-dl to download those multiple image posts for the time being, i have made some work around for it:

1. first set the image views to column, then copy all the image links into notepad / TXT file, then save and name it into whatever you want (example: test.txt)
2. then use this command on your terminal: gallery-dl -i "your_txt_file_name.txt" -D ".../deviantart/artist_name"

note: remember each time you want to download new set of multiple images from a post, you have to manually copy and paste the new image links to the txt file (and don't forget to remove the previous links inside it), also don't forget the path to save the images on the option -D and match the artist_name with the one you want to download.

Unfortunately, this workaround doesn't grab the full-sized images.

[biznizz]

Has there been any progress with getting multi-image downloading to work?

I would like to say I'm surprised that DA won't even allow you to download all images in a ZIP file with the download button, but with all the shit they've done lately, I really can't.

[fredinno]

It appears Jdownloader actually works with multiimages on Deviantart: https://board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?t=96860&page=2

[mikf]

Downloading multiple images from single Deviations is now possible: #7261

[biznizz]

EDIT: Have finally figured out how to get multi image extraction to work if there is a specific filename specification like what I have.
Leaving this up in case anyone is curious.

Here is my extractor settings for deviantart:

"deviantart":
		{
			"include": "gallery,scraps",
			"refresh-token": "cache",
            "client-id": "SECRET",
			"client-secret": "SECRET",
			"cookies": "C:\\Users\\USER\\cookies.txt",
			"flat": true,
            "folders": false,
            "journals": "html",
            "mature": true,
            "metadata": true,
            "original": true,
		    "quality": 100,
		    "extra": true,
            "wait-min": 5,

            "filename": {
                "is_original": "{category}_{index}_{title}_{num}.{extension}",
                ""           : "LOW_RES_{category}_{index}_{title}_{num}.{extension}"
            }
        
        },

The only downside is that adding the number category to the filename settings results in images having "_1" or "_NONE" in filenames if individual images are downloaded, which can result in duplicate downloads of previously saved images when runing an individual or wider gallery URL fetch.

[mikf]

You can use {num:?_//} to ignore the num value when it isn't present,
or use a separate filename format string for single posts:

            "filename": {
                "is_original": "{category}_{index}_{title}.{extension}",
                ""           : "LOW_RES_{category}_{index}_{title}.{extension}"
            },

            "deviation": {
                "filename": {
                    "is_original and count > 1": "{category}_{index}_{title}_{num}.{extension}",
                    "is_original"              : "{category}_{index}_{title}.{extension}",
                    "count > 1"                : "LOW_RES_{category}_{index}_{title}_{num}.{extension}",
                    ""                         : "LOW_RES_{category}_{index}_{title}.{extension}"
                }
            }

[GreenLuthor]

Does this only work for single posts, or is there a way to get it to work when using the "--range" option as well? (So far I can't get it to work when trying to download multiple posts at once, it still only gives the first picture, but specifying a single page does download all the images.)

[mikf]

It currently only works for single posts, yes, but you could theoretically let gallery-dl go over any post collection, write its post URLs to a text file, and feed that into gallery-dl with -i. Not very efficient, but at least it works ... somewhat.

gallery-dl --print-to-file "{url}" posts.txt -o original=0 --no-download https://www.deviantart.com/shimoda7
gallery-dl -i posts.txt

[GreenLuthor]

Just wanted to say thanks, the workaround is doing the trick so far.

[DrQuantum101]

Update on Implementation Behavior:

The update works as expected when processing public (non-premium) galleries — all posts are downloaded correctly, and the post count is accurate.

However, when processing premium gallery posts there appears to be a bug:
The first image from a premium post is being downloaded twice, even though the total number of posts is still being counted correctly. This only affects premium posts; the rest of the logic seems to function normally. Even when fed the link to the second image directly with the #image-# in the url the improper behavior persists.

I encountered this issue when making a rough helper Python script to implement the solution above by collecting links and downloading them individually. I arrived at an acceptable solution but found that the few premium galleries I had were not being downloaded correctly.