biliarchiver

Archiving tool for Bilibili based on bilix

Install

pip install biliarchiver

Usage

biliarchiver --help

Basic usage

Follow these steps to start archiving:

1. Initialize a new workspace in current working directory:

biliarchiver init

1. Provide cookies and tokens following instructions:

biliarchiver auth

1. Download videos from BiliBili:

biliarchiver down --bvids BVXXXXXXXXX

• This command also accepts a list of BVIDs or path to a file. Details can be found in biliarchiver down --help.

Warning ⚠️

Dumping entire channels into Community Video is abusive and may get your account locked. Talk to the Internet Archive admins first before doing large uploads; it's better to ask for guidence or help first than run afoul of the rules.

Develop

Install

Please use poetry to install dependencies:

poetry install

Build English locale if necessary. Refer to the last section for details.

Run

poetry run biliarchiver --help

Debug using another workspace:

poetry --directory /path/to/workspace run biliarchiver --help

Lint

poetry run ruff check .

i18n

To generate and build locales, you need a GNU gettext compatible toolchain. You can install mingw and use sh to enter a bash shell on Windows.

Generate or update biliarchiver.pot:

find biliarchiver/ -name '*.py' | xargs xgettext -d base -o biliarchiver/locales/biliarchiver.pot

Add a new language:

msginit -i biliarchiver/locales/biliarchiver.pot -o en.po -l en

Update a language:

msgmerge -U biliarchiver/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/biliarchiver.po biliarchiver/locales/biliarchiver.pot

(Important) Build a language:

msgfmt biliarchiver/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/biliarchiver.po -o biliarchiver/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/biliarchiver.mo