Patreon Archiver

Download Patreon content. Video content will be saved using yt-dlp. You should ensure that you are logged into Patreon in the appropriate browser profile.

Recommendations in ~/.config/yt-dlp/config or equivalent file:

--cookies-from-browser chrome:Default

--add-metadata
--all-subs
--convert-subs srt
--embed-chapters
--embed-metadata
--embed-subs
--embed-thumbnail
--geo-bypass
--merge-output-format mkv
--no-overwrites
--sub-langs all
--write-info-json
--write-subs

--download-archive ~/somewhere-safe

Usage

Run patreon-archiver. At minimum, campaign ID of the Patreon content creator is required. See help with --help.

Usage: patreon-archiver [OPTIONS] CAMPAIGN_ID

Options:
  -o, --output-dir TEXT           Output directory
  -b, --browser TEXT              Browser to read cookies from
  -p, --profile TEXT              Browser profile
  -x, --fail                      Do not continue processing after a failed
                                  yt-dlp command.
  -L, --yt-dlp-arg-limit INTEGER  Number of media URIs to pass to yt-dlp at a
                                  time.
  -S, --sleep-time INTEGER        Number of seconds to wait between requests
  -d, --debug                     Enable debug output
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

How to get the campaign ID

1. Go to the content creator's main page.
2. View the source and search for patreon-media/p/campaign/.
3. After the / there should be a number, as in patreon-media/p/campaign/12345678. In that case the campaign ID is 12345678.