scrapychan

Description

scrapychan is a Go rewrite of the original scraperchan that I wrote in Python. There was no reason to rewrite the original program, but at least it is faster and I learned some Go.

Install

Build from Source

Dependencies

You just need to have Go installed.

Build

git clone https://git.protron.dev/Doc/scrapychan
cd scrapychan
go build
go install

Pre-built Binaries

Alternatively, use the binaries provided in the release section

Example Usage

# Download images from a thread to current directory with verbose logging
scrapychan -u="https://boards.4chan.org/b/thread/123456789" -v=true

# Download images from a thread to specific directory
scrapychan -u="https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/987654321" -o="/home/user/4chan_images"

Features

Fast concurrent downloading of images and videos
Support for 4chan's API
Verbose logging option
Cross-platform compatibility
Error handling and recovery
Automatic directory creation

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