Step 1:
Open your Discord app and enter the app settings.
Step 2:
Traverse to Appearance and enable Developer Mode if it is disabled.
Step 3: Close the app settings and press CTRL + SHIFT + I to open the Developer panel.
Step 4:
Go to the Network tab and select from any personal message or server in your list.
Copy the value of "authorization" into the config.json file.
Step 5:
Close the Developer panel and right-click on the server icon and copy ID.
Paste the server ID into the config.json file.
Step 6:
Right-click on the channel name and copy ID.
Paste the channel ID into the config.json file.
Step 7: Run the script to start the downloading process.
- You can copy in multiple channels on multiple servers if you want to.
- You must make modifications to the JSON file before running the script (otherwise you'll end up with errors).
The dates below are in DD-MM-YYYY formatting.
20-11-2019 - Experimental Overhaul:
- Resurrected the experimental branch again for some testing.
- Created a separate module for this script (SimpleRequests).
- Added buffer size option in the JSON file (defaults to 1 MiB).
- Merged and removed experimental branch yet again.
18-06-2019 - Maintenance Update:
- Updated the README to update the token gathering method.
- Updated the README to remove unnecessary image use.
- Added personal/direct message channel option in JSON file.
- Removed page count option from the JSON file.
- Updated the wiki for this repository.
29-01-2019 - Overhaul:
- Merged Python 2 and Python 3 functionality into a single file.
- Removed the experimental branch since it is no longer needed.
- Added functionality to download text data and links.
- Added ability to set number of pages to grab (each page nets approximately 25 images).
13-11-2018 - Released:
- Implemented a new concept from the experimental branch.
- Updated the experimental branch to match the master branch.
- I will find a method of alleviating the duplicate images/videos issue.
- I will fix up the commenting and make the code easier on the eyes.
28-08-2018 - Added Experimental Branch:
- Python 3 version of script now uses a separate config.
- MFA token now goes in the separate config to help avoid accidental leakage of one's MFA token.
- Multiple channel and server support added.
- Replaced the requests module with http.client module which is built-in to Python 3.7.
07-04-2018 - Beta Fix #3:
- Fixed threading issue (too many concurrent threads)
- Fixed filename issues when grabbing files with similar filenames (still a potential issue with large amounts of files but significantly less issues)
07-04-2018 - Beta Fix #2:
- Fixed problems when downloading from channels with less than 25 images/videos as the older scripts assumed more than 25 images/videos in the channel.
- I will incorporate a better method of grabbing images where there's less corruptions and less missing photos.
21-02-2018 - Beta Update #1:
- Updated this readme to include warning information
- Created a version for those running Python 3
- Updated the Python 2 version to match the Python 3 version with threading support
03-10-2017 - Beta Fix #1:
- Fixed issue with URL appending offset query information ad infinitum.
- Fixed issue with uninitialized opener data when grabbing multiple pages of JSON data.
- Added new function to allow for the resetting of opener data when grabbing JSON data.
03-10-2017 - Beta Release:
- The first release of the script.
- Not meant for production use.
- Still has bugs to fix and features to implement.