Very Fast Catbox.moe File Scraper

(02-15-2025, 08:31 PM)NekoElf Wrote: Here is a rewrite I did of doots Catbox.moe file scraper. The original code was returning a server connect error so I fixed it! It runs in Python3 and can be run in Linux or Windows!
It uses the file extension link generation to check for valid files:

It then downloads them and sorts them into the folders of their respective file extension.

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USE A VPN/TOR TO RUN THIS SCRIPT. YOU MAY RUN INTO ILLEGAL CONTENT AS CATBOX IS AN ANONYMOUS FILE HOSTING SERVICE. RUN AT YOUR OWN RISK.

How to run:
1. Make sure the folder is named "catbox-scraper"
2. Make sure you have python3 and pip installed.

Windows cmd commands:
 

Code:

cd catbox-scraper
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Linux commands:
 

Code:

cd catbox-scraper
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

You can also edit config.yaml to change what file extensions you want to scrape for.

Credit to doot for writing the original script, and me for fixing it.