OF-DL/docs/config/configuration.md
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Configuration

The config.conf file contains all the options you can change, these options are listed below:

Configuration - External Tools

FFmpegPath

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: Any valid path or ""

Description: This is the path to the FFmpeg executable (ffmpeg.exe on Windows and ffmpeg on Linux/macOS). If the path is not set then the program will try to find it in both the same directory as the OF-DL executable as well as the PATH environment variable.

:::note

If you are using a Windows path, you will need to escape the backslashes, e.g. "C:\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe" For example, this is not valid: "C:\some\path\ffmpeg.exe", but "C:/some/path/ffmpeg.exe" and "C:\\some\\path\\ffmpeg.exe" are both valid.

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Configuration - Download Settings

DownloadAvatarHeaderPhoto

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Avatar and header images will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadPaidPosts

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Paid posts will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadPosts

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Free posts will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadArchived

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Posts in the "Archived" tab will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadStreams

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Posts in the "Streams" tab will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadStories

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Stories on a user's profile will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadHighlights

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Highlights on a user's will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadMessages

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Free media within messages (including paid message previews) will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadPaidMessages

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Paid media within messages (excluding paid message previews) will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadImages

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Images will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadVideos

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Videos will be downloaded if set to true

DownloadAudios

Type: boolean

Default: true

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Audios will be downloaded if set to true

IgnoreOwnMessages

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: By default (or when set to false), messages that were sent by yourself will be added to the metadata DB and any media which has been sent by yourself will be downloaded. If set to true, the program will not add messages sent by yourself to the metadata DB and will not download any media which has been sent by yourself.

DownloadPostsIncrementally

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: If set to true, only new posts will be downloaded from the date of the last post that was downloaded based off what's in the user_data.db file. If set to false, the default behaviour will apply, and all posts will be gathered and compared against the database to see if they need to be downloaded or not.

BypassContentForCreatorsWhoNoLongerExist

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: When a creator no longer exists (their account has been deleted), most of their content will be inaccessible. Purchased content, however, will still be accessible by downloading media usisng the "Download Purchased Tab" menu option or with the NonInteractiveModePurchasedTab config option when downloading media in non-interactive mode.

DownloadDuplicatedMedia

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: By default (or when set to false), the program will not download duplicated media. If set to true, duplicated media will be downloaded.

SkipAds

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: Posts and messages that contain #ad or free trial links will be ignored if set to true

DownloadPath

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: Any valid path

Description: If left blank then content will be downloaded to __user_data__/sites/OnlyFans/{username}. If you set the download path to "S:/", then content will be downloaded to S:/{username}

:::note

If you are using a Windows path, you will need to escape the backslashes, e.g. "C:\\Users\\user\\Downloads\\OnlyFans\\" Please make sure your path ends with a /

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DownloadOnlySpecificDates

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: If set to true, posts will be downloaded based on the DownloadDateSelection and CustomDate config options. If set to false, all posts will be downloaded.

DownloadDateSelection

Type: string

Default: "before"

Allowed values: "before", "after"

Description: DownloadOnlySpecificDates needs to be set to true for this to work. This will get all posts from before the date if set to "before", and all posts from the date you specify up until the current date if set to "after". The date you specify will be in the CustomDate config option.

CustomDate

Type: string

Default: null

Allowed values: Any date in yyyy-mm-dd format or null

Description: DownloadOnlySpecificDates needs to be set to true for this to work. This date will be used when you are trying to download between/after a certain date. See DownloadOnlySpecificDates and DownloadDateSelection for more information.

Configuration - File Settings

PaidPostFileNameFormat

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: Any valid string

Description: Please refer to custom filename formats page to see what fields you can use.

PostFileNameFormat

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: Any valid string

Description: Please refer to the custom filename formats page to see what fields you can use.

PaidMessageFileNameFormat

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: Any valid string

Description: Please refer to custom filename formats page to see what fields you can use.

MessageFileNameFormat

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: Any valid string

Description: Please refer to custom filename formats page to see what fields you can use.

RenameExistingFilesWhenCustomFormatIsSelected

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: When true, any current files downloaded will have the current format applied to them. When false, only new files will have the current format applied to them.

Configuration - Creator-Specific Configurations

CreatorConfigs

Type: object

Default: {}

Allowed values: An array of Creator Config objects

Description: This configuration options allows you to set file name formats for specific creators. This is useful if you want to have different file name formats for different creators. The values set here will override the global values set in the config file (see PaidPostFileNameFormat, PostFileNameFormat, PaidMessageFileNAmeFormat, and MessageFileNameFormat). For more information on the file name formats, see the custom filename formats page.

Example:

"CreatorConfigs": {
    "creator_one": {
        "PaidPostFileNameFormat": "{id}_{mediaid}_{filename}",
        "PostFileNameFormat": "{username}_{id}_{mediaid}_{mediaCreatedAt}",
        "PaidMessageFileNameFormat": "{id}_{mediaid}_{createdAt}",
        "MessageFileNameFormat": "{id}_{mediaid}_{filename}"
    },
    "creator_two": {
        "PaidPostFileNameFormat": "{id}_{mediaid}",
        "PostFileNameFormat": "{username}_{id}_{mediaid}",
        "PaidMessageFileNameFormat": "{id}_{mediaid}",
        "MessageFileNameFormat": "{id}_{mediaid}"
    }
}

Configuration - Folder Settings

FolderPerPaidPost

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: A folder will be created for each paid post (containing all the media for that post) if set to true. When set to false, paid post media will be downloaded into the Posts/Paid folder.

FolderPerPost

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: A folder will be created for each post (containing all the media for that post) if set to true. When set to false, post media will be downloaded into the Posts/Free folder.

FolderPerPaidMessage

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: A folder will be created for each paid message (containing all the media for that message) if set to true. When set to false, paid message media will be downloaded into the Messages/Paid folder.

FolderPerMessage

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: A folder will be created for each message (containing all the media for that message) if set to true. When set to false, message media will be downloaded into the Messages/Free folder.

Configuration - Subscription Settings

IncludeExpiredSubscriptions

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: If set to true, expired subscriptions will appear in the user list under the "Custom" menu option.

IncludeRestrictedSubscriptions

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: If set to true, media from restricted creators will be downloaded. If set to false, restricted creators will be ignored.

IgnoredUsersListName

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: The name of a list of users you have created on OnlyFans or ""

Description: When set to the name of a list, users in the list will be ignored when scraping content. If set to "" (or an invalid list name), no users will be ignored when scraping content.

Configuration - Interaction Settings

NonInteractiveMode

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: If set to true, the program will run without any input from the user. It will scrape all users automatically (unless NonInteractiveModeListName or NonInteractiveModePurchasedTab are configured). If set to false, the default behaviour will apply, and you will be able to choose an option from the menu.

:::warning

If NonInteractiveMode is enabled, you will be unable to authenticate OF-DL using the standard authentication method. Before you can run OF-DL in NonInteractiveMode, you must either

  1. Generate an auth.json file by running OF-DL with NonInteractiveMode disabled and authenticating OF-DL using the standard method OR
  2. Generate an auth.json file by using a legacy authentication method

:::

NonInteractiveModeListName

Type: string

Default: ""

Allowed values: The name of a list of users you have created on OnlyFans or ""

Description: When set to the name of a list, non-interactive mode will download media from the list of users instead of all users (when NonInteractiveMode is set to true). If set to "", all users will be scraped (unless NonInteractiveModePurchasedTab is configured).

NonInteractiveModePurchasedTab

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: When set to true, non-interactive mode will only download content from the Purchased tab (when NonInteractiveMode is set to true). If set to false, all users will be scraped (unless NonInteractiveModeListName is configured).

Configuration - Performance Settings

Timeout

Type: integer

Default: -1

Allowed values: Any positive integer or -1

Description: You won't need to set this, but if you see errors about the configured timeout of 100 seconds elapsing then you could set this to be more than 100. It is recommended that you leave this as the default value.

LimitDownloadRate

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allowed values: true, false

Description: If set to true, the download rate will be limited to the value set in DownloadLimitInMbPerSec.

DownloadLimitInMbPerSec

Type: integer

Default: 4

Allowed values: Any positive integer

Description: The download rate in MB per second. This will only be used if LimitDownloadRate is set to true.

Configuration - Logging/Debug Settings

LoggingLevel

Type: string

Default: "Error"

Allowed values: "Verbose", "Debug", "Information", "Warning", "Error", "Fatal"

Description: The level of logging that will be saved to the log files in the logs folder. When requesting help with an issue, it is recommended to set this to "Verbose" and provide the log file.