sananth12/ImageScraper
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About
:scissors: High performance, multi-threaded image scraper
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OriginalImageScraper :page_with_curl:
A high performance, easy to use, multithreaded command line tool which downloads images from the given webpage.
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Demo
Click here to see it in action!
Download
tar file:
Grab the latest stable build from - Pip: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ImageScraper
pip install (recommended):
You can also download using pip:
$ pip install ImageScraper
Dependencies
Note that ImageScraper depends on lxml, requests, setproctitle, and future.
If you run into problems in the compilation of lxml through pip, install the libxml2-dev and libxslt-dev packages on your system.
Usage
$ image-scraper [OPTIONS] URL
You can also use it in your Python scripts. (Deprecated)
import image_scraper
image_scraper.scrape_images(URL)
Options
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-m MAX_IMAGES, --max-images MAX_IMAGES
Limit on number of images
-s SAVE_DIR, --save-dir SAVE_DIR
Directory in which images should be saved
-g, --injected Scrape injected images
--proxy-server PROXY_SERVER
Proxy server to use
--min-filesize MIN_FILESIZE
Limit on size of image in bytes
--max-filesize MAX_FILESIZE
Limit on size of image in bytes
--dump-urls Print the URLs of the images
--formats [FORMATS [FORMATS ...]]
Specify formats in a list without any separator. This
argument must be after the URL.
--scrape-reverse Scrape the images in reverse order
--filename-pattern FILENAME_PATTERN
Only scrape images with filenames that match the given
regex pattern
--nthreads NTHREADS The number of threads to use when downloading images.
If you downloaded the tar:
Extract the contents of the tar file.
$ cd ImageScraper/
$ python setup.py install
$ image-scraper --max-images 10 [url to scrape]
Examples
Scrape all images
$ image-scraper ananth.co.in/test.html
Scrape at max 2 images
$ image-scraper -m 2 ananth.co.in/test.html
Scrape only gifs and download to folder ./mygifs
$ image-scraper -s mygifs ananth.co.in/test.html --formats gif
NOTE:
By default, a new folder called "images_" will be created in the working directory, containing all the downloaded images.
Issues
Q.)All images were not downloaded?
It could be that the content was injected into the page via JavaScript; this scraper doesn't run JavaScript.
Contribute
If you want to add features, improve them, or report issues, feel free to send a pull request!!
Contributors
- sananth12 (Anantha Natarajan)
- ssundarraj (Sriram Sundarraj)
- vigneshmanix (Vignesh M)
- osborne6
- tsleyson
- joshwget
- dannyflax
Disclaimer
ImageScraper is to be used education/research purposes only. The authors takes NO responsibility and/or liability for how you choose to use any of the tools/source code/any files provided. By using ImageScraper, you understand that you are AGREEING TO USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
License

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