Topic: How to mass download posts?

Is there a way to mass-download posts under certain tags?
I want to download fluffy pony posts so I can create private backup backup.

usetheblacklist said:
Is there a way to mass-download posts under certain tags?
I want to download fluffy pony posts so I can create private backup backup.

You can probably find one working in this list of e621 tools : https://e621.net/wiki_pages/116
I don't know if it has been kept up to date or not.
Maybe other users will have a recommendation on what to try.

usetheblacklist said:
Is there a way to mass-download posts under certain tags?
I want to download fluffy pony posts so I can create private backup backup.

I recommend Hydrus. It gives a booru-like interface, and grabs tags, URLs, and descriptions. I think it comes with an e621 downloader out of the box, but you might have to tell it to get tags as well (it has been a while since I set it up).

braixenarchivist said:
I recommend Hydrus. It gives a booru-like interface, and grabs tags, URLs, and descriptions. I think it comes with an e621 downloader out of the box, but you might have to tell it to get tags as well (it has been a while since I set it up).

Thank you.
But MS defender won't allow me to open it as it deletes the file immediately after downloading it.

usetheblacklist said:
Thank you.
But MS defender won't allow me to open it as it deletes the file immediately after downloading it.

You could try running it from source which is what I do. That site has a page explaining how

Edit: you can skip the mpv stuff, the last update basically replaced it with a less complicated media viewer.

braixenarchivist said:
You could try running it from source which is what I do. That site has a page explaining how

Edit: you can skip the mpv stuff, the last update basically replaced it with a less complicated media viewer.

Seems like it's working. Spaseeba, brother.

braixenarchivist said:
I recommend Hydrus. It gives a booru-like interface, and grabs tags, URLs, and descriptions. I think it comes with an e621 downloader out of the box, but you might have to tell it to get tags as well (it has been a while since I set it up).

Do you know how to download young -rating:s?
Like half of the entire FP posts here are tagged as that, and they're skipped when downloading.

usetheblacklist said:
Do you know how to download young -rating:s?
Like half of the entire FP posts here are tagged as that, and they're skipped when downloading.

I think that's the default blacklist. You can try logging in with Network > Logins > Manage logins.

If that doesn't work you might have to mess around with cookies. There's a browser extension called Hydrus Companion that can copy cookies fairly easily.

I'm using a third-party downloader that uses the API which is a third option.

I recommend using either gallery-dl or yt-dlp. Former downloads both images and videos, the latter only videos but does a better job. There's two ways you could download posts.

The first way I do is pasting the links of all the posts I wanna save in a .txt file. Then using the file as an input in each program:

gallery-dl.exe -I posts.txt -d "folder name"

yt-dlp.exe -a posts.txt

The second way is pasting the site link after doing a search:

First you type something in the search bar like: ~fluffy_pony ~fluffy_pony_(species), then after clicking search you copy the link above https://e621.net/posts?tags=~fluffy_pony%20~fluffy_pony_%28species%29 then paste it into gallery-dl like so:

gallery-dl.exe https://e621.net/posts?tags=~fluffy_pony%20~fluffy_pony_%28species%29 -d "fluffy pony"

This means you can save your desired posts in a set, then paste the set link:

gallery-dl.exe https://e621.net/posts?tags=set%3Afluffporn -d 'fluff'

The same thing goes for pools too. Hope this helps!