Usage

To use ZCool Downloader in terminal:

  • Download all images of an user
$ zcooldl -u <username>
  • Download all images of a collection
$ zcooldl -c <collection URL>

Type zcooldl –help to get full usage:

Usage: zcooldl [OPTIONS]

  ZCool picture crawler, download pictures, photos and illustrations of
  ZCool (https://zcool.com.cn/). Visit https://github.com/lonsty/scraper.

Options:
  -u, --usernames TEXT    One or more user names, separated by commas.
  -i, --ids TEXT          One or more user IDs, separated by commas.
  -c, --collections TEXT  One or more collection URLs, separated by commas.
  -t, --topics TEXT       Specific topics to download, separated by commas.
  -d, --destination TEXT  Destination to save images.
  -R, --retries INTEGER   Repeat download for failed images.  [default: 3]
  -r, --redownload TEXT   Redownload images from failed records (PATH of the
                          .json file).
  -o, --overwrite         Override the existing files.
  --thumbnail             Download thumbnails with a maximum width of 1280px.
  --max-pages INTEGER     Maximum pages to download.
  --max-topics INTEGER    Maximum topics per page to download.
  --max-workers INTEGER   Maximum thread workers.  [default: 20]
  --help                  Show this message and exit.