Anything input as a CLI argument will take priority over config values.
Use - instead of _ to separate words in an option name when using it as a CLI argument: Ex: auto-dedupe instead of auto_dedupe
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
Type
Default
Path
<Current Working Directory>
Folder where Cyberdrop-DL will store its data files.
completed-after
Type
Default
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
Type
Default
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
Type
Default
str
None
Name of config to load. Use ALL to run all configs sequentially
config-file
Type
Default
Path
None
Path to the CDL settings.yaml file to load
If both config and config-file are supplied, config-file takes priority
download
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Skips UI, start download immediately
download-dropbox-folders-as-zip
Type
Default
Action
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
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Download TikTok audios from posts and save them as separate files
max-items-retry
Type
Default
NonNegativeInt
0
Max number of links to retry. Using 0 means no limit
portrait
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Run CDL with a vertical layout
ui
Type
Default
StrEnum
FULLSCREEN
UI can have 1 of these values:
DISABLED : no output at all
ACTIVITY : only shows a spinner with the text running CDL
SIMPLE: shows spinner + simplified progress bar
FULLSCREEN: shows the normal UI/progress view
Values are case insensitive, ex: both disabled and DISABLED are valid
retry-all
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Retry all downloads
retry-failed
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Retry failed downloads
retry-maintenance
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Retry download of maintenance files (bunkr). Requires files to be hashed
disable-cache
Type
Default
Action
BoolFlag
False
store_true
Disables the use of the requests cache for the current run only all config settings or arguments relating to the cache expiry such as file_host_cache_expire_after will be ignored
This does not affect the original cache
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
--download skips UI, start download immediatly
--max-items-retry MAX_ITEMS_RETRY max number of links to retry
--retry-all retry all downloads
--retry-failed retry failed downloads
--retry-maintenance retry download of maintenance files (bunkr). Requires files to be hashed
--download-tiktok-audios download TikTok audios
--print-stats Show stats report at the end of a run
--ui UI DISABLED, ACTIVITY, SIMPLE or FULLSCREEN
browser_cookies:
--auto-import, --no-auto-import
--browsers [BROWSERS ...]
--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
-i INPUT_FILE, --input-file INPUT_FILE
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:
--allow-insecure-connections, --no-allow-insecure-connections
--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
--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
deprecated:
--no-ui disables the UI/progress view entirely