HitomiJS
CLI utility for downloading gallery images from hitomi.la (NSFW).
Comparison between download option in hitomi.la and hitomijs
| hitomi.la | hitomijs |
|---|---|
| 1 image at a time | Multiple images concurrently with auto retries |
| All images are webp format | Convert webp back close to original automatically using sharp or keep them as-is |
| Throttled 1 second for each image | No throttling |
| Zipped compression | No zipped compression |
Installation
Clone this repository and run
npm install
npm run build
Entry file locates in bin/hitomijs.js.
Try running ./hitomijs inside bin, it should list all available command and options.
Usage
hitomijs download <galleryid> [destination] [options]
For example,
hitomijs download 2173473 "Nekopara Chronicle"
To get galleryid, locate number in url
https://hitomi.la/gamecg/nekopara-chronicle-2173473.html
galleryid is the number after - at the end of the title.
Command options
-c, --concurrency <number>
Required: false
Default: 3
Specify number of concurrent image download. Please note that setting this number too high will result in http 503 response from hitomi's cdn server endpoint.
-s, --skip <number>
Required: false
Default: 0
Skip n images from start.
Useful for resuming download.
--convert
Required: false
Default: true
All images from hitomi.la are in webp format.
This option tells hitomijs to convert webp back to its original format.
It uses sharp library internally to do the conversion.
Resulted image quality should be close to the original.
To keep file format as-is, please pass --no-convert to a command.
-attempt, --retry-attempt <number>
Required: false
Default: 30
Set maximum number of retry attempt if request fails
-delay, --retry-delay <number>
Required: false
Default: 2
retry delay for <number> seconds
Known Issues
If there were changes to common.js, download.js, or gg.js, the cli might not be working properly.
Some functionality are modified or copy-pasted from these source codes to get them working.
To check for changes, run npm test hitomi-endpoint.
It will check for modified changes comparing with current snapshots.