[TikTok] support to download user profile from oldest to latest

[skymatr1x]

gallery-dl and yt-dlp both default to downloading tiktok profile url sorting from latest to oldest, while yt-dlp --playlist-reverse can be used to reverse the sorting to download from oldest to latest.

but as yt-dlp lacks the ability to download photos, it's less than ideal compared to gallery-dl. is it possible to add a reverse sorting option for tiktok in gallery-dl?

or is there an existing way to achieve reverse sorting that i'm unaware of?

[mikf]

gallery-dl uses yt-dlp for tiktok user profiles. You can pass --playlist-reverse (or any other option) to it via the cmdline-args option.

-o cmdline-args=--playlist-reverse

[skymatr1x]

awesome, thanks!

if i would like to add it to the config file, it'd be extractor.ytdl.cmdline-args according to your link right? what's the difference between ytdl under extractor and downloader?

[mikf]

It would be extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args I think.

You could also set it as global option or under just extractor to make sure it gets used.

what's the difference between ytdl under extractor and downloader?

The ytdl extractor handles and extracts URLs with yt-dlp.
The ytdl downloader is used to download videos and HLS/DASH manifests with yt-dlp.

[skymatr1x]

It would be extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args I think.

yes you're right, though extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args seems to only respect --playlist-reverseand ignores other yt-dlp options.

i guess they are to be specified with extractor.ytdl.cmdline-args and downloader.ytdl.cmdline-args, or using -o cmdline-args="" to pass them all together?

You could also set it as global option or under just extractor to make sure it gets used.

do you mean as extractor.cmdline-args?

[mikf]

i guess they are to be specified with extractor.ytdl.cmdline-args and downloader.ytdl.cmdline-args, or using -o cmdline-args="" to pass them all together?

No, they need to go to extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args as well. For example

{
    "extractor": {
        "tiktok": {
            "cmdline-args": [
                "--playlist-reverse",
                "--ignore-errors",
                "--proxy", "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/"
            ]
        }
    }
}

do you mean as extractor.cmdline-args?

Yes.

{
    "extractor": {
        "cmdline-args": [
            "--playlist-reverse",
            "--ignore-errors",
            "--proxy", "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/"
        ]
    }
}

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As a side-note: In the near future, gallery-dl will no longer be using yt-dlp by default: #8715

It will therefore no longer apply yt-dlp's options and you'll have to use gallery-dl's own (by default). There will most likely be an order-posts one for tiktok.

[CasualYT31]

👀 Interesting. Luckily this should be a very small change to get this working in the PR. I'll look into adding this parameter within the next 24 hours.

[CasualYT31]

It unfortunately wasn't so straight forward. The -o order-posts config item will now achieve what you want (whilst working with tiktok-range) with the caveat that you need cookies to extract in a non-descending order. On the bright side I've also added support for "popular" sorting as well as "desc" and "asc"/"reverse".

[skymatr1x]

No, they need to go to extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args as well. For example

when yt-dlp options like --write-all-thumbnails and --write-subs is added to extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args (like below), gallery-dl would ignore all values including --playlist-reverse without showing error or warning, while your example options or --playlist-reverse works with extractor.tiktok.cmdline-args.

{
    "extractor": {
        "tiktok": {
            "cmdline-args": [
                "--playlist-reverse",
                "--write-all-thumbnails",
                "--write-subs"
            ]
        }
    }
}

whereas -o cmdline-args="" can be used to apply yt-dlp options like --write-all-thumbnails and --write-subs properly.

As a side-note: In the near future, gallery-dl will no longer be using yt-dlp by default: #8715

thanks for the heads up, the removal of using yt-dlp is to streamline gallery-dl? if i would like to use yt-dlp options with -o cmdline-args="" like how it works now, i would set extractor.tiktok.videos as ytdl?

[skymatr1x]

with the caveat that you need cookies to extract in a non-descending order.

thanks for looking into it and it's alright cause cookie is pretty necessary to archive most profile anyway. it's interesting though cause yt-dlp --playlist-reverse works without cookie.

On the bright side I've also added support for "popular" sorting as well as "desc" and "asc"/"reverse".

that's awesome, thanks again!