AnimDL

This project is a C# port of justfoolingaround/animdl

Installation

1. dotNET CLI (Global)

   dotnet tool install --global AnimDL
   

2. dotNET CLI (Local)

   dotnet new tool-manifest # if you are setting up this repo
   dotnet tool install --local AnimDL
   

3. Cake

   #tool dotnet:?package=AnimDL
   

4. NUKE

   nuke :add-package AnimDL
   

Usage

Usage:
  AnimDL [command] [options]

Options:
  --version       Show version information
  -?, -h, --help  Show help and usage information

Commands:
  config          configure options for application
  grab <Title>    grabs stream links
  search <Title>  search anime on provider
  stream <Title>  stream anime

The stream option is disabled automatically if the project cannot find any of the supported streamers.

stream / grab

These commands are the main set of command in the project. All of them scrape the target site, the only difference is how it is used.

• The stream option tosses the stream url to a player so that you can seamlessly binge your anime.
  • Streaming supports Discord Rich Presence with discord-rpc-csharp.

  Description:
      stream anime
  
  Usage:
      AnimDL stream [<Title>] [options]
  
  Arguments:
      <Title>  Title of anime to search
  
  Options:
      -p, --provider <AnimeOut|AnimePahe|AnimixPlay|GogoAnime|Tenshi|Zoro>  provider name [default: AnimixPlay]
      -r, --range <range>                                                   range of episodes [default: 0..^0]
      --player <Vlc>                                                        media player to stream. [default: Vlc]
      -?, -h, --help                                                        Show help and usage information
  

• The grab option simply streams the stream url to the stdout stream.
  • This is useful for external usage and testing.

  Description:
      grabs stream links
  
  Usage:
      AnimDL grab [<Title>] [options]
  
  Arguments:
      <Title>  Title of anime to search
  
  Options:
      -p, --provider <AnimeOut|AnimePahe|AnimixPlay|GogoAnime|Tenshi|Zoro>  provider name [default: AnimixPlay]
      -r, --range <range>                                                   range of episodes [default: 0..^0]
      -?, -h, --help                                                        Show help and usage information
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animdl stream "One Piece" 

_{Providers can be specified by using provider prefix, stream "One Piece" -p gogoanime, will use the GogoAnime provider.}

-r / --range argument

This argument is shared by stream and grab, it can be used to hand over custom ranges for selecting episodes.
uses c# range and indices syntax.

2..5    // episodes from [2-5]
5..     // episodes from 5 till end.
5       // 5th episode
^3      // 3rd episode from end
^3..    // last 3 episodes

if you don't provide a value for this argument, all available episodes will be taken.

Configuration

configuration file can be found in installation director or at %userprofile%/.animdl/appsettings.json

{
  "DefaultProvider": "AnimixPlay",
  "DefaultMediaPlayer": "VLC",
  "UseRichPresense": false,
  "MediaPlayers": {
    "VLC": {
      "Executable": "%ProgramFiles%\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe"
    }
  }
}

Third party dependencies

• CliWrap (for running external command line applications)
• DiscordRichPresence
• Sharprompt (for user input)
• HtmlAgilityPack (for html parsing)
• HtmlAgilityPack.CssSelectors.NetCore
• Xabe.FFmpeg