Patreon Downloader

Downloads images and files from Patreon feeds

What is Patreon Downloader?

Patreon Downloader is a Chrome extension developed by PatreonDownloader, and its main feature is "Downloads images and files from Patreon feeds".

Extension Screenshots

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Due to the reactive nature of the Patreon front end, the only way to download slideshow images is to simulate a user interacting with the site. Please don't complain that you don't want to sit through slideshows, it's the only way I can get all the urls. . The reason images are downloaded at the end of the process is that network errors or timeouts will break the scraping, so trying to download a large file while scraping is a bad idea. 

I highly suggest filtering the feed by month or selecting single posts for feeds with a lot of images or files. You will need a fairly fast connection as network errors will stop the scraping.

The extension will take control of the website and attempt to find all images and files. It then sends the urls to be downloaded sequentially. 

To use simply load the page you want to archive, you can stop the page loading once the dom has loaded if you don't want to wait for all the images to download. Then press download. Images will be downloaded to downloads/Patreon_Downloader/ in the given folder and in subfolders named after the post titles.

WARNING: If you haven't set up a default download directory, you will have to manually choose the save location for each image, which might open a lot of popup windows. It is not recommended to attempt to download too many images at once without a default download directory.

If you have a network error while scraping a slideshow, you can right click on the image missing icon and select "load image". The scraper will continue.

CHANGELOG:
0.1.4 
Better text searching, remove buy me a coffee link
0.1.3 
Return to manual folder setting
0.1.1
Ability to disable popup
Post text without files can be saved
0.1.0
Major redesign
Attempts to save with folders as creator name and date of the post
0.0.8
Scraping slideshows optional
Files are not overriden when downloading
0.0.6
File links downloaded as well as images
Main subfolder named after the creator
Post subfolder named after the post date and not the sequence
0.0.5
Add option to save all text from post
Add option to not confirm before downloading
Stop scraper attempting to open locked posts
0.0.4
Removed special characters from subfolder name                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Patreon Downloader Patreon Downloader
ID fmhpbbdpdhjkpbklloabkncldkmggaik
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/patreon-downloader/fmhpbbdpdhjkpbklloabkncldkmggaik
Description Downloads images and files from Patreon feeds
File Size 2.19 MB
Installation Count 29,327
Current Version 0.1.4
Last Updated 2024-01-14
Publish Date 2020-05-29
Rating 2.95/5 Total 93 Ratings
Developer PatreonDownloader
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "name": "Patreon Downloader",
    "version": "0.1.4",
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "description": "Downloads images and files from Patreon feeds",
    "icons": {
        "128": "icons\/icon.png",
        "48": "icons\/icon48.png"
    },
    "action": {
        "default_icon": "icons\/icon.png",
        "default_popup": "index.html"
    },
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "js": [
                "jquery.min.js",
                "any-date-parser.min.js",
                "download.js"
            ],
            "css": [
                "download.css"
            ],
            "matches": [
                "http:\/\/*.patreon.com\/*",
                "https:\/\/*.patreon.com\/*"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "permissions": [
        "activeTab",
        "downloads",
        "storage"
    ],
    "background": {
        "service_worker": "background.js",
        "type": "module"
    }
}