yeahalti / weiboPicDownloader

Download weibo images without logging-in

weiboPicDownloader

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

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

for more weibo free login APIs, turn to wiki

中文 README

References

yAnXImIN/weiboPicDownloader

ningshu/weiboPicDownloader

Overview

Dependencies

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

Usage

$ 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>