DeviantArt
Currently there's few good solutions for backing up deviantarts, as the rest fail to build or fail to interact with the site, or just fail. Currently the best is “deviantart-gallery-downloader” by xofred.
This script will get full-sized images, whereas right-clicking hasn't in the past. It will also check to see if things have already been ripped, and rip any new changes to reduce traffic.
Things needed
- git
- gem (ruby-dev)
- mechanize
- A disposable dA account with adult images turned on (to make sure all images are gotten)
Getting the software and dependencies
sudo apt-get install git ruby-dev
sudo gem update
sudo gem install mechanize
git clone https://github.com/xofred/deviantart-gallery-downloader.git
cd deviantart-gallery-downloader
Usage
To rip an an entire main gallery with no organization of the images on a album basis, run:
ruby with_login.rb LOGIN-EMAIL PASSWORD http://USERID.deviantart.com/gallery
or for an album
ruby with_login.rb LOGIN-EMAIL PASSWORD http://USERID.deviantart.com/ALBUM_NAME
Copying the URL to rip will work.
Caveats
No SSL auth, this could be done with a slight re-jiggering of code and a dependency on some ruby-SSL dep to offload that work.
User creds are in the process name being run. Use with caution on a multi-user system. A simple ps -A will reveal your creds.
- Use a burner account until this script is made a bit more secure*