How do I setup my config file to do what I want it to do?

[rubberban]

I am trying the setup the config to do a number of things.

1. Have the program send all files to the desired destination. Currently, if I set the destination to "./newfolder" or if my base directory is "./newfolder", the files will go into "./newfolder/extractor/ProbablyAnotherFolder/myfiles.ext" instead of "./newfolder/myfiles.ext". How would I set my config do this for all extractors?
2. How do I change the format of the {date} keyword (I don't know if that's the proper term?) ? Currently, I have an extractors filename argument set to "filename": "{category}-{date}-{id}{num}{filename}.{extension}". The date comes out as "2022-08-01 17_21_43". I tried using the "format-date" option as "format-date": "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S", but I don't know where I need to put it or if thats even the right one to make the date come out as "20220801_172143".
3. Is it possible the add a prefix or suffix to the filename? For example, if I download an image with the current settings using "gallery-dl.exe reddit.com/somesub", the image might have the name "reddit-2022-08-01 17_21_43-54184165_33_209db1b2-407f-45fb.jpg". Is the an option to prefix the files with lets say "someusername-" using an option in the command? Something like "gallery-dl.exe reddit.com/somesub --prefix "someusername-"".

[mikf]

1. Set directory to an empty list (or string): "directory": []
   or use -D instead of -d

2. {date:%Y%m%d_%H%M%S} (Format Codes)
   This is actually native Python stuff, so you can find more details with a search engine.

3. There is no --prefix command-line option, but you can achieve something similar by preparing a filename format string the right way:

   • Put {prefix:?//} at the front of a format string, e.g. "filename": "{prefix?//}{category}-{date}-{id}{num}{filename}.{extension}"
   • Run gallery-dl with -o keywords.prefix=someusername-

[mikf]

For example, if I use gallery-dl reddit.com/somesub --dest ./usethisfolder the program will then download to

./gallery-dl/the_files.ext
./usethisfolder/the_files.ext

I'm sorry, but this is not possible. -d/--dest/--destination (which is not -D) will always use ./usethisfolder as base for downloads. It sets a global value for base-directory that overrides any other setting and default values.

The paths build by gallery-dl are base-directory + directory + filename, and since you "disabled" directory, it will always be ./usethisfolder/the_files.ext, unless you did something different.

Maybe ./gallery-dl/the_files.ext is from a previous run?

[rubberban]

Odd. The issue only happened within a certain folder/path. But it's alright, must be my system or something. Can't replicate the issue when using a different folder. Thank you for the help!

[rautamiekka]

Which folders ?

[rubberban]

The original folder I was testing this in. Once I changed to another folder (literally any other folder), the issue stopped. Haven't been able to replicate the issue.

[rautamiekka]

The path and permissions might matter, hence.