I dont want it to output none.

[seanfire99]

I'm trying to figure out how to make it not output none when there is no artist i just want it to output nothing for example i also wanted to make it to where when there is no artist it uses the copyright tag instead for the directory tried using duckuduckgo's chat-gpt to figure it out but it gave me this.

"filename": "{tags_copyright:default=''} {tags_character:default=''} {tags_artist:default=''} website {id} {filename}.{extension}",
"directory": ["{tags_artist:default='{tags_copyright}'}:website"]
},

which gives me these errors.
[website][error] FilenameFormatError: Applying filename format string failed (ValueError: Invalid format specifier)
[website][error] DirectoryFormatError: Applying directory format string failed (ValueError: Invalid format specifier)

is this a losing battle or is there some way i can do this.

[mikf]

Try these (untested)

"filename": "{tags_copyright:?/ /}{tags_character:?/ /}{tags_artist:?/ /}website {id} {filename}.{extension}",
"directory": ["{tags_artist|tags_copyright:?/:/}website"]

https://gdl-org.github.io/docs/formatting.html

[seanfire99]

really really close the output is now /mnt/Library/Downloads/gallery-dl/website_original:website/originalwebsite {id} {filename}.png this is really really close to what I'm looking for now i just need to remove the undersign i'e _ it's now ["/website/{tags_artist/tags_copyright:?/:/}website"] i'e i want it to save /website/tag_artistor or tag_copyright/:website/ and yes i know i sent the wrong directory now i had sent what chat-gpt gave me sorry for asking to fix this again but this is super close.

[mikf]

i want it to save /website/tag_artistor or tag_copyright/:website/

"directory": ["website", "{tags_artist|tags_copyright|'no tag'}", "website"]

i just need to remove the undersign i'e _

Colon characters : aren't allowed in windows filenames and get converted to _.

chat-gpt

Do not use Chat GPT to configure gallery-dl. It gets basically everything wrong and mostly just "hallucinates".

[seanfire99]

huh funny I'm actually on Linux and seems to have the same behavior only with / and about chat-gpt yeah i know it 's not super reliable but i have learned a lot from it for example in "directory" it does not know you need these [] which gave me some trouble trying to figure out what it or i did wrong until i took a looked at my pixiv config and saw that the directory had [] at the beginning and end added them to the rest of my config and then it finally worked now so yeah it freaks out id say %75 of the time when you are trying to make a special config like i was but if your just wanting to fix typos or errors it can help to find and fix them i don't ever trust it but it helps for a noob like me.

[seanfire99]

i got it to do what i want with ["website", "{tags_artist|tags_copyright|'no tag'}:website"]