Welcome to RedGIFs Downloader 👋

A desktop application utilizing this package can be downloaded from here Downloader

How many times have you wanted to download videos in bulk from RedGIFs. Downloading videos from your favourite user and any search term has never been easier! Just follow the steps below and make sure to use filters to enhance your experience.

Usage

Requires nodejs and npm. There are multiple ways you can use this downloader. Install this package locally with npm i redgifs-downloader or globally with npm i redgifs-downloader -g

1. Recommended use case

Simple Approach

const RedgifsDownloader = require("redgifs-downloader")
// Replace __dirname with your prefered starting directory of choice
// Gifs will be downloaded into their corresponding subdirectories
const downloader = RedgifsDownloader.create(__dirname)

downloader.downloadQuery("juicy")
downloader.downloadUser("your favourite user's id")

Advanced Approach

const RedgifsDownloader = require("redgifs-downloader")
// Replace __dirname with your prefered starting directory of choice
// Gifs will be downloaded into their corresponding subdirectories
const downloader = RedgifsDownloader.instance(__dirname)

// EventListeners
downloader.addEventListener("onInit", info => {
    console.log("[onInit]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onStart", info => {
    console.log("[onStart]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onFinish", info => {
    console.log("[onFinish]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onFileDownloadStart", info => {
    console.log("[onFileDownloadStart]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onFileDownloadFinish", info => {
    console.log("[onFileDownloadFinish]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onFileDownloadSkip", info => {
    console.log("[onFileDownloadSkip]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onGetLinks", info => {
    console.log("[onGetLinks]", info)
})
downloader.addEventListener("onError", info => {
    console.log("[onError]", info)
})

downloader.downloadQuery("juicy", options)
// options object explained down below

2. Standalone Links API

const RedgifsDownloader = require("redgifs-downloader")
//1
RedgifsDownloader.getUserLinks("your favourite user's id", {numberToDownload: 2}).then(console.log)
//2
const links = await RedgifsDownloader.getSearchLinks("juicy", {minLikes: 3})

Options object structure

Field	Data type	Description	Default
minLikes	number	Minimum amount of likes	undefined
maxLikes	number	Maximum amount of likes	undefined
minDislikes	number	Minimum amount of dislikes	undefined
maxDislikes	number	Maximum amount of dislikes	undefined
minViews	number	Minimum amount of views	undefined
maxViews	number	Maximum amount of views	undefined
minDuration	number	Minimum gfy duration in seconds	undefined
maxDuration	number	Maximum gfy duration in seconds	undefined
minHeight	number	Minimum height in pixels	undefined
maxHeight	number	Maximum height in pixels	undefined
minWidth	number	Minimum width in pixels	undefined
maxWidth	number	Maximum width in pixels	undefined
numberToDownload	number	Max amount of gfycats to download	250
nsfw	boolean	Whether gfy is tagged as "nsfw"	undefined
hasAudio	boolean	Whether gfy has audio	undefined
useMobile	boolean	Whether to use mobile urls instead of mp4	false
skipExisting	boolean	Whether to skip redownloading already existing files	false

To save on storage space and bandwidth, make sure useMobile is truthy! If a file is malformed and cannot be properly played, skipExisting does not care. It will always skip when there is a chance.

Author

👤 Mišo Barišić

• Website: https://www.misobarisic.com
• GitHub: @misobarisic
• GitLab: @misobarisic

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📝 License

Copyright © 2021 misobarisic.
This project is MIT licensed.