[exhentai] Sort files in .txt by artist name

[Natsumi-Black]

I have a .txt folder with different work from multiple artist included.
Is it possible to sort all those file by artist during download so I could have a folder structure like
"gallery-dl/Artist_name/gallery_name/imgages.jpg"
Thanks.

[mikf]

{
    "extractor": {
        "exhentai": {
            "tags": true,
            "directory": ["{category}", "{tags_artist[0]|tags_group[0]|''}", "{title}"]
        }
    }
}

https://gdl-org.github.io/docs/configuration.html#extractor-exhentai-tags

[Natsumi-Black]

Thanks.
It works, but I think I misunderstood the directory option. I wanted each artist to have their own folder where the files would automatically go, but I think that's not possible. Your answer already offers solutions for sorting them myself or using another program.

[mikf]

I wanted each artist to have their own folder

That's exactly what happens if you use this directory format while having the tags option enabled and the gallery has an artist or group tag:

$ gallery-dl -C cookies-exhentai-org.txt -c config.json https://exhentai.org/g/3752814/d53e691911/
./exhentai/p and i/[P&I] Idol no Mizugi Hagitottemita | I Teared Off An Idol's Swimsuit [English] [Cunny Garden]/3752814_0001_b348f36dce_1.webp
...

[Natsumi-Black]

Then, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, here is my config file:

{
    "extractor": {
        "exhentai": {
            "original": true,
            "cookies": "path\exh.txt", <-- I use Jap locale so that's the path format that works for me
            "username": "username",
            "password": "pw",
            "tags": true,
            "directory": ["{tags_artist[0]|tags_group[0]|''}", "{category}", "{title}"]
        }
    },
    "downloader": {

    },
    "output": {
    },
    "postprocessor": {
    }
}

and I use gallery-dl -i file.txt to start the download. Everything still show up in the same folder and to be sure I made a fresh install.

[mikf]

            "cookies": "path\exh.txt", <-- I use Jap locale so that's the path format that works for me

$ gallery-dl -c config.json 
[config][error] JSONDecodeError when loading 'config.json': Invalid \escape: line 5 column 29 (char 101)

Backslashes \ in paths need to either be doubled \\ or replaced with forward slahes /:

"cookies": "path\\exh.txt"
"cookies": "path/exh.txt"

[Natsumi-Black]

It's working now. Originally, using "cookies": "path\\exh.txt" or "cookies": "path/exh.txt" did not work. I had to investigate my computer's path settings. My system locale was set to Japanese, which changed the path separator to accept only "¥", causing the config to encounter an error when trying to access files. At least that's what I believe happened.
Changing the locale to English fixed it: no more errors, and the directory options now work properly.
Thanks for your time and patience.