A4A (Asyncio 4chan Archiver or Asyncio 4 Archiving, depending on how much the reader cares about the 4chan API ToS) is a Python script to download all images/videos of a 4chan thread.
A4A is a Python script to download all files from 4chan(nel) threads.
Usage: inb4404.py [OPTIONS] THREAD [THREAD]...
inb4404.py [OPTIONS] -l LIST [-l LIST]...
Thread:
4chan(nel) thread URL
Options:
-h, --help show help
-l, --list LIST read thread links from file
-q, --quiet suppress non-error output
-p, --path PATH set output directory (def: <script location>/downloads)
-f, --filenames use original filenames instead of UNIX timestamps
-a, --archive FILE keep track of downloaded files by logging MD5 hashes
--connections N number of connections to use (def: 10)
--retries N how often to retry a thread if errors occur (def: 5)
N<0 to retry indefinitely (not recommended)
- Python >= 3.7
- aiohttp
The final output directory is assembled according to the following structure
<base path>/<board>/<directory name>
<base path> and <directory name> are variable components, which can be changed by the user.
<base path>can be changed with-p/--path(defaults to<path to inb4404.py>/downloads)<directory name>can be set by adding the desired name to the thread link separated by another "/" (defaults to thread number)
For example:
https://boards.4channel.org/abc/thread/12345678 -> <path to inb4404.py>/downloads/abc/12345678
https://boards.4channel.org/abc/thread/12345678/my_dir -> <path to inb4404.py>/downloads/abc/my_dir
Input in the form of text files containing thread links is possible with the -l/--list option. Unlike Exceen's version A4A doesn't need list input to download multiple files at once. The option is simply there for convenience.
Each thread link should be on a new line. Lines starting with # will be ignored.