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Developer Instructions

SpiffyChatterbox edited this page Aug 10, 2024 · 4 revisions

Developer Instructions

Most users do not need to build gallery-dl and can download the builds or install them normally.

To run youtube-dl as a developer, you don't need to build anything either. Simply execute

python -m gallery_dl <url>

To run a test, simply invoke your favorite test runner, or execute a test file directly; any of the following work:

  • python test_results.py YOUR_CATEGORY
  • make test