Firefox addon for auto downloading linked images?

TheBigCheese · 9 Jul 2009 at 18:55

Hi guys

I'm a bit confuzzled with Firefox addons. I've got Flashgot and Downthemall and I'm trying to download images with them. Currently I'm just managing to get all the thumbnailed images on a page, but obviously the thumbnail is the hyperlink to the full size image.

Do I need a different addon to be able to download the full size linked images rather than the thumbnails or am I doing something wrong with Flashgot/Downthemall?

Many thanks in advance!

Pho · 9 Jul 2009 at 19:13

DTA will be fine; it spports regular expressions so pretty much anything can be downloaded.

What site are you trying to download from?

asim18 · 9 Jul 2009 at 20:45

You can do that in downthemall. You've probably just got the syntax wrong.

hideki · 9 Jul 2009 at 21:33

with the downthemall download dialog, at the top you can select either links or 'pictures & embedded'

you want to select links, and make sure the filters match the linked files, in this case images/jpegs

TheBigCheese · 9 Jul 2009 at 23:16

Thanks for the posts guys, I think I'm doing what you suggest but I'm still having trouble...

I see the pictures/embedded tab and have selected the JPEG/jpg filters but it still seems to only be downloading the original thumbnails and not the linked files from them...very frustrating! (I've checked I have the latest version)

Should I be creating a filter, adding to the jpg commands to allow it to download the linked files? If so what would that be?

Bit confused with it to be honest.

hideki · 9 Jul 2009 at 23:27

TheBigCheese said:
Thanks for the posts guys, I think I'm doing what you suggest but I'm still having trouble...

I see the pictures/embedded tab and have selected the JPEG/jpg filters but it still seems to only be downloading the original thumbnails and not the linked files from them...very frustrating! (I've checked I have the latest version)

Should I be creating a filter, adding to the jpg commands to allow it to download the linked files? If so what would that be?

Bit confused with it to be honest.

As I mentioned above, click on the links tab, not the pictured and embedded.

TheBigCheese · 9 Jul 2009 at 23:48

Oh strike a light...sorry misread your post...that's what happens when you post when tired and try to watch Battlestar Galactica at the same time! (damn good programme actually)

I've got it now, that part works great, thanks!

...except...

I'm looking at one site that has the pictures as hyperlinks, but it hyperlinks to a sub page that has the image in the page, but isn't the page - i.e. the page doesn't just open a picture and the web address doesn't end in .jpg.

Is there anyway that DTA can download the full images from a place like that?

Cheers

asim18 · 9 Jul 2009 at 23:51

Just post the link, or email it to me if it's porn. I'll do it for you and zip it up.

hideki · 9 Jul 2009 at 23:52

not solely with DTA.

TheBigCheese · 9 Jul 2009 at 23:54

lol sorry asim, it's not, but there may be some not safe for work images on there so I'm not posting the link on a family friendly forum.

Ah bah...do you know of another way of doing it hideki?

hideki · 10 Jul 2009 at 01:02

maybe some kind of web crawler that filters by image.
does the sub page only have one image?

TheBigCheese · 10 Jul 2009 at 09:02

Yup, one main image per sub page plus all the usual gumption like mini pictures etc. that you get on web pages.

MTA99 · 10 Jul 2009 at 10:01

In most situations Firefusk will do the job in combination with DTa. Depends if the pics have php redirect or not

hideki · 10 Jul 2009 at 14:14

php redirect on images can also be bypassed sometimes in combination with greasemonkey (firefox addon). there may even be a user made script for the site already, try a google search

Orba · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:51

For pulling images from imagehosts I usually use an add-on called ImageHost Grabber, it works with a lot of picture hosts.

http://imagehost-grabber.com/