pinterest-downloader/README.md

pinterest-downloader

Download all images/videos from Pinterest user/board/section.

Some features:

• Accept input as /username/, /username/boardname/, /username/boardname/section,
• Accept input as link of /username/, /username/boardname/, /username/boardname/section, and /pin/
• Able download sections of boards of username.
• High resolution.
• Error tolerance. Try second resolution if first resolution error.
• Able download both image and video.
• Multi-threads when download images.
• Media Filename naming in PinID_Title_Description_[Date].Ext meaningful form.
• Media Filename truncate to ... fit maximum length automatically.
• Log PinID, Title, Description, Link, Metadata, [Date] to log.log file since media filename can't fit.
• Unique board/log name with timestamp options.

Usage:

$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py --help
usage: pinterest-downloader.py [-h] [-d DIR] [-j THREAD_MAX] [-c CUT] [-bt]
                            [-lt] [-f] [-es]
                            [path]

Download ALL board/section from 🅿️interest by username, username/boardname,
username/boardname/section or link. Support image and video. Filename compose
of PinId_Title_Description_Date.Ext. PinId always there while the rest is
optional.

positional arguments:
path                  Pinterest username, or username/boardname, or link(
                        /pin/ may include created time )

optional arguments:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-d DIR, -dir DIR      Specify folder path/name to store. Default is "images"
-j THREAD_MAX, --job THREAD_MAX
                        Specify maximum threads when downloading images.
                        Default is number of processors on the machine,
                        multiplied by 5
-c CUT, --cut CUT     Specify maximum length of filename. Default is 255 and
                        retry with fallback(filename-only) towards 85
                        automatically. Username or boardname will use this
                        option too if too long. Minimum 24.
-bt, --board-timestamp
                        Suffix board directory name with unique timestamp
-lt, --log-timestamp  Suffix log.log filename with unique timestamp. Default
                        filename is log.log. Note: Pin id without
                        Title/Description/Link/Metadata/Created_at will not
                        write to log.
-f, --force           Force re-download even if image already exist
-es, --exclude-section
                        Exclude sections if download from username or board.

Example Usage:

$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py # Prompt for insert path
$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ 
$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ -d comp
$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py -d comp https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ # or path in last
$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ -bt -lt -d comp -f
$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ -c 40 # Default already good enough
$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ -j 666 # Default already fast enough

Example Output:

xb@dnxb:~/Downloads/pinterest/pinterest-downloader$ python3 pinterest-downloader.py -d comp https://www.pinterest.com/antonellomiglio/computer/ 
[i] Job is download single board by username/boardname: antonellomiglio/computer                                                                      
[...] Getting all images in this board: computer ... [ 173 / ? ] [➕] Found estimated 195 images                                                       
[✔] Downloaded: |##################################################| 100.0% Complete   
[i] Time Spent: 0:00:17
xb@dnxb:~/Downloads/pinterest/pinterest-downloader$