(not real) weibo user album batch download tool (CLI)

build user album by picking all photos from original weibos in user's post feed

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中文 README

yAnXImIN/weiboPicDownloader

ningshu/weiboPicDownloader

$ pip install requests $ pip install colorama # only windows version under 10.0.14393 required $ pip install futures # only python2 environment required 

$ python .\weiboPicDownloader.py -h usage: weiboPicDownloader [-h] (-u user [user ...] | -f file [file ...]) [-d directory] [-s size] [-r retry] [-i interval] [-c cookie] [-b boundary] [-n name] [-v] [-o] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -u user [user ...] specify nickname or id of weibo users -f file [file ...] import list of users from files -d directory set picture saving path -s size set size of thread pool -r retry set maximum number of retries -i interval set interval for feed requests -c cookie set cookie if needed -b boundary focus on weibos in the id range -n name customize naming format -v download videos together -o overwrite existing files 

Required argument (choose one)

• -u user ... users (nickname or id)
• -f file ... user list files (nickname or id, separated by linefeed in the file)

Optional arguments

• -d directory media saving path (default value: ./weiboPic)
• -s size thread pool size (default value: 20)
• -r retry max retries (default value: 2)
• -i interval request interval (default value: 1, unit: second)
• -c cookie login credential (only need the value of a certain key named SUB)
• -b boundary mid/bid/date range of weibos (format: id:id between, :id before, id: after, id certain, : all)
• -n name naming template (identifier: url, index, type, mid, bid, date, text, name, like "f-Strings" syntax)
• -v download miaopai videos at the same time
• -o overwrite existing files (skipping if exists for default)

✳How to get the value of SUB from browser (Chrome for example)

1. jump to https://m.weibo.cn and log in
2. inspect > Application > Cookies > https://m.weibo.cn
3. double click the SUB line and copy its value
4. paste it into terminal and run like -c <value>