CLI Arguments
Here's the available CLI Arguments
You can pass any of the Config Settings and Global Settings options as a cli argument for the program.
For items not explained below, you can find their counterparts in the configuration options to see what they do.
CLI only arguments
appdata-folder
appdata-folder
Path
<Current Working Directory>
Folder where Cyberdrop-DL will store it's database, cache and config files.
completed-after
completed-after
date
None
Only download files that were completed on or after this date. The date should be in ISO 8601 format, for example, 2021-12-23
completed-before
completed-before
date
None
Only download files that were completed on or before this date. The date should be in ISO 8601 format, for example, 2021-12-23
config
config
str
None
Name of config to load. Use ALL
to run all configs sequentially
config-file
config-file
Path
None
Path to the CDL settings.yaml
file to load
disable-cache
disable-cache
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Disables the use of the requests cache for the current run only. All config settings or arguments related to the cache (ex: file_host_cache_expire_after
) will be ignored.
download
download
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Skips UI, start download immediately
download-dropbox-folders-as-zip
download-dropbox-folders-as-zip
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Folder downloads from Dropbox are disabled by default because they will be downloaded as a single zip file. Enable them with this option
download-tiktok-audios
download-tiktok-audios
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Download TikTok audios from posts and save them as separate files
download-tiktok-src-quality-videos
download-tiktok-src-quality-videos
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Download TikTok videos in source quality.
Enabling this option will make downloads several orders of magnitude slower.
When it is set to False
(the default) CDL can download 50 videos with a single request. When it is set to True
, CDL needs to make at least 3 requests per video to download them.
max-items-retry
max-items-retry
NonNegativeInt
0
Max number of links to retry. Using 0
means no limit
portrait
portrait
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Run CDL with a vertical layout
retry-all
retry-all
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Retry all downloads
retry-failed
retry-failed
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Retry failed downloads
retry-maintenance
retry-maintenance
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Retry download of maintenance files (bunkr). Requires files to be hashed
show-supported-sites
show-supported-sites
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Shows a list of all supported sites and exits
ui
ui
CaseInsensitiveStrEnum
FULLSCREEN
UI can have 1 of these values:
DISABLED
: no output at allACTIVITY
: only shows a spinner with the textrunning CDL
SIMPLE
: shows spinner + simplified progress barFULLSCREEN
: shows the normal UI/progress view
Values are case insensitive, ex: both disabled
and DISABLED
are valid
Overview
Bool arguments like options within Download Options
, Ignore Options
, Runtime Options
, etc. can be prefixed with --no-
to negate them. Ex: --no-auto-dedupe
will disable auto dedupe, overriding whatever the config option was set to.
usage: cyberdrop-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
Bulk asynchronous downloader for multiple file hosts
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version show CDL version number and exit
CLI-only options:
LINK(S) link(s) to content to download (passing multiple links is supported)
--appdata-folder APPDATA_FOLDER AppData folder path
--completed-after COMPLETED_AFTER only download completed downloads at or after this date
--completed-before COMPLETED_BEFORE only download completed downloads at or before this date
--config CONFIG name of config to load
--config-file CONFIG_FILE path to the CDL settings.yaml file to load
--disable-cache Temporarily disable the requests cache
--download skips UI, start download immediatly
--download-dropbox-folders-as-zip download Dropbox folder without api key as zip
--download-tiktok-audios download TikTok audios
--max-items-retry MAX_ITEMS_RETRY max number of links to retry
--portrait show UI in a portrait layout
--print-stats Show stats report at the end of a run
--retry-all retry all downloads
--retry-failed retry failed downloads
--retry-maintenance retry download of maintenance files (bunkr). Requires files to be hashed
--show-supported-sites shows a list of supported sites and exits
--ui UI DISABLED, ACTIVITY, SIMPLE or FULLSCREEN
browser_cookies:
--auto-import, --no-auto-import
--browser BROWSER
--sites [SITES ...]
download_options:
--block-download-sub-folders, --no-block-download-sub-folders
--disable-download-attempt-limit, --no-disable-download-attempt-limit
--disable-file-timestamps, --no-disable-file-timestamps
--include-album-id-in-folder-name, --no-include-album-id-in-folder-name
--include-thread-id-in-folder-name, --no-include-thread-id-in-folder-name
--maximum-number-of-children [MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_CHILDREN ...]
--remove-domains-from-folder-names, --no-remove-domains-from-folder-names
--remove-generated-id-from-filenames, --no-remove-generated-id-from-filenames
--scrape-single-forum-post, --no-scrape-single-forum-post
--separate-posts-format SEPARATE_POSTS_FORMAT
--separate-posts, --no-separate-posts
--skip-download-mark-completed, --no-skip-download-mark-completed
--skip-referer-seen-before, --no-skip-referer-seen-before
--maximum-thread-depth MAXIMUM_THREAD_DEPTH
dupe_cleanup_options:
--add-md5-hash, --no-add-md5-hash
--add-sha256-hash, --no-add-sha256-hash
--auto-dedupe, --no-auto-dedupe
--hashing HASHING
--send-deleted-to-trash, --no-send-deleted-to-trash
file_size_limits:
--maximum-image-size MAXIMUM_IMAGE_SIZE
--maximum-other-size MAXIMUM_OTHER_SIZE
--maximum-video-size MAXIMUM_VIDEO_SIZE
--minimum-image-size MINIMUM_IMAGE_SIZE
--minimum-other-size MINIMUM_OTHER_SIZE
--minimum-video-size MINIMUM_VIDEO_SIZE
media_duration_limits:
--maximum-video-duration MAXIMUM_VIDEO_DURATION
--maximum-audio-duration MAXIMUM_AUDIO_DURATION
--minimum-video-duration MINIMUM_VIDEO_DURATION
--minimum-audio-duration MINIMUM_AUDIO_DURATION
files:
-d DOWNLOAD_FOLDER, --download-folder DOWNLOAD_FOLDER
-j, --dump-json, --no-dump-json
-i INPUT_FILE, --input-file INPUT_FILE
--save-pages-html, --no-save-pages-html
ignore_options:
--exclude-audio, --no-exclude-audio
--exclude-images, --no-exclude-images
--exclude-other, --no-exclude-other
--exclude-videos, --no-exclude-videos
--filename-regex-filter FILENAME_REGEX_FILTER
--ignore-coomer-ads, --no-ignore-coomer-ads
--only-hosts [ONLY_HOSTS ...]
--skip-hosts [SKIP_HOSTS ...]
--exclude-files-with-no-extension, --no-exclude-files-with-no-extension
logs:
--download-error-urls DOWNLOAD_ERROR_URLS
--last-forum-post LAST_FORUM_POST
--log-folder LOG_FOLDER
--log-line-width LOG_LINE_WIDTH
--logs-expire-after LOGS_EXPIRE_AFTER
--main-log MAIN_LOG
--rotate-logs, --no-rotate-logs
--scrape-error-urls SCRAPE_ERROR_URLS
--unsupported-urls UNSUPPORTED_URLS
--webhook WEBHOOK
runtime_options:
--console-log-level CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL
--deep-scrape, --no-deep-scrape
--delete-partial-files, --no-delete-partial-files
--ignore-history, --no-ignore-history
--jdownloader-autostart, --no-jdownloader-autostart
--jdownloader-download-dir JDOWNLOADER_DOWNLOAD_DIR
--jdownloader-whitelist [JDOWNLOADER_WHITELIST ...]
--log-level LOG_LEVEL
--send-unsupported-to-jdownloader, --no-send-unsupported-to-jdownloader
--skip-check-for-empty-folders, --no-skip-check-for-empty-folders
--skip-check-for-partial-files, --no-skip-check-for-partial-files
--slow-download-speed SLOW_DOWNLOAD_SPEED
--update-last-forum-post, --no-update-last-forum-post
sorting:
--scan-folder SCAN_FOLDER
--sort-downloads, --no-sort-downloads
--sort-folder SORT_FOLDER
--sort-incrementer-format SORT_INCREMENTER_FORMAT
--sorted-audio SORTED_AUDIO
--sorted-image SORTED_IMAGE
--sorted-other SORTED_OTHER
--sorted-video SORTED_VIDEO
general:
--ssl-context SSL_CONTEXT
--disable-crawlers [DISABLE_CRAWLERS ...]
--enable-generic-crawler, --no-enable-generic-crawler
--flaresolverr FLARESOLVERR
--max-file-name-length MAX_FILE_NAME_LENGTH
--max-folder-name-length MAX_FOLDER_NAME_LENGTH
--proxy PROXY
--required-free-space REQUIRED_FREE_SPACE
--user-agent USER_AGENT
rate_limiting_options:
--connection-timeout CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
--download-attempts DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS
--download-delay DOWNLOAD_DELAY
--download-speed-limit DOWNLOAD_SPEED_LIMIT
--file-host-cache-expire-after FILE_HOST_CACHE_EXPIRE_AFTER
--forum-cache-expire-after FORUM_CACHE_EXPIRE_AFTER
--jitter JITTER
--max-simultaneous-downloads-per-domain MAX_SIMULTANEOUS_DOWNLOADS_PER_DOMAIN
--max-simultaneous-downloads MAX_SIMULTANEOUS_DOWNLOADS
--rate-limit RATE_LIMIT
--read-timeout READ_TIMEOUT
ui_options:
--downloading-item-limit DOWNLOADING_ITEM_LIMIT
--refresh-rate REFRESH_RATE
--scraping-item-limit SCRAPING_ITEM_LIMIT
--vi-mode, --no-vi-mode
generic_crawlers_instances:
--wordpress-media [WORDPRESS_MEDIA ...]
--wordpress-html [WORDPRESS_HTML ...]
--discourse [DISCOURSE ...]
--chevereto [CHEVERETO ...]
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