The Configure Json files did not appear/How to add Pixiv user name, password and refresh token

[Dukenukem300000]

Hello, dear Dev! have a question about configure files of Gallery DL.

I am trying to download from Pixiv, so I try to find the configuration files of Gallery DL, and add lines it it.

According to the guides, the configure files are supposed to be found in these locations:

However, I run the %APPDATA%\gallery-dl\config.json command, and find that I have no configure files, only a "cache.sqlite3" files:

I try to open it with Notepad+ and NotePad++, but noth of them only show lots of random Jibberish:

And thus, my question is, what happened with my Gallery DL, and how can I recover the "right" json file? Also, how can I add the username, password and fresh Token in configure files? What command should I use?

One thing I wanna add is that I am using Media Downloader, will this result in different solution?

[mikf]

the configure files are supposed to be found in these locations:

No, gallery-dl will search for configuration files in these locations. It is your responsibility to put something there.

You can run gallery-dl --config-create to create a basic config file, or you copy docs/gallery-dl.conf and rename/modify that.

only a "cache.sqlite3" files

That's an SQLite3 database. You need special software like DB4S to edit them, but you (usually) don't need to touch this file.

Pixiv user name, password

Pixiv does not support login with username & password. You need a refresh-token which you can acquire by running gallery-dl oauth:pixiv (see #5754 (comment)) or by using something like https://github.com/eggplants/get-pixivpy-token.

[Dukenukem300000]

the configure files are supposed to be found in these locations:

No, gallery-dl will search for configuration files in these locations. It is your responsibility to put something there.

You can run gallery-dl --config-create to create a basic config file, or you copy docs/gallery-dl.conf and rename/modify that.

only a "cache.sqlite3" files

That's an SQLite3 database. You need special software like DB4S to edit them, but you (usually) don't need to touch this file.

Pixiv user name, password

Pixiv does not support login with username & password. You need a refresh-token which you can acquire by running gallery-dl oauth:pixiv (see #5754 (comment)) or by using something like https://github.com/eggplants/get-pixivpy-token.

Roger that sir. I have successfully download the Json files with default files.

Just wanna be sure. I only need to find the "callback" lines that show up when pressing F12 in login of Pixiv, then find "refresh token" section in Json files, then paste "code=...." in that section, then it will be over, is it?

[mikf]

No, you paste the code value in your terminal during the oauth:pixiv step.

$ gallery-dl oauth:pixiv
[oauth][info] Opening URL in browser:

https://app-api.pixiv.net/web/v1/login?code_challenge=abcdefgU&code_challenge_method=S256&client=pixiv-android

1) Open your browser's Developer Tools (F12) and switch to the Network tab
2) Login
3) Select the last network monitor entry ('callback?state=...')
4) Copy its 'code' query parameter, paste it below, and press Enter

- This 'code' will expire 30 seconds after logging in.
- Copy-pasting more than just the 'code' value will work as well,
  like the entire URL or several query parameters.

code: ENTER/PASTE CODE HERE

This will then give you a refresh-token value, which you can add to your config file.

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While you are at it, you might also want to add the DeviantArt API credentials here instead of passing them as command-line arguments via -o.

[Dukenukem300000]

Roger that sir, I will do that now. I apologize for late reply.