Extract.pics
Dev tools
web scraping tool
SHOW HN2020
64points
19comments
#926of 3,028 in 2020
Top 31%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well and grabs images from JS-heavy sites
From 2 comments
Seems to work really well. For those unaware, Firefox has a built-in way to do this which will work even on sites where you need to be logged in. If you right click on the page…
jewel on HNI'm impressed it seems to grabbed all of the images on a very JS heavy site with a carousel I just tried it on. Nice work. One tiny UX thing to consider, instead of validating…
city41 on HN
Simple, nice visual preview of images with sizes
From 1 comment
I've been needing something to do this (easily) for more than a year.. nice to see this tool make it simple and easy. I popped in a url and it quickly showed 75 pics, I clicked…
stevenicr on HN
Objections
Bulk download failed for one user
From 1 comment
I've been needing something to do this (easily) for more than a year.. nice to see this tool make it simple and easy. I popped in a url and it quickly showed 75 pics, I clicked…
stevenicr on HN
Some images 404 on certain sites and are dropped
From 1 comment
I've been needing something to do this (easily) for more than a year.. nice to see this tool make it simple and easy. I popped in a url and it quickly showed 75 pics, I clicked…
stevenicr on HN
Requests
Show source URL for each image
From 1 comment
I've been needing something to do this (easily) for more than a year.. nice to see this tool make it simple and easy. I popped in a url and it quickly showed 75 pics, I clicked…
stevenicr on HN
Video and audio support
From 2 comments
Thanks. When will video be on the way?
1cvmask on HNSeems to work really well. For those unaware, Firefox has a built-in way to do this which will work even on sites where you need to be logged in. If you right click on the page…
jewel on HN
API that returns image URL lists
From 1 comment
How about creating an API that geenrates a list of image urls?
sagunsh on HN
Questions
Is extraction done client-side
From 1 comment
Does the download and extract happen on the client side?
forgotmypw17 on HN
Alternatives named
Firefox Page Info Media tab
From 1 comment
Seems to work really well. For those unaware, Firefox has a built-in way to do this which will work even on sites where you need to be logged in. If you right click on the page…
jewel on HN