OF-Scraper
  • Welcome
  • Requirements
  • Install
    • Pre-Install Guides
      • Linux
      • Windows
      • Mac
    • PIPX Install
    • PIP Install
    • Binary Releases
    • Docker
    • Release Info
    • Managing Multiple Python Versions
  • Getting Started and Settings
    • Config Options
      • Config Location
      • General Options
      • File Output Options
        • Placeholders
        • Responsetype Placeholders
      • Download Options
        • Download Toggles
        • Media Filtering Options
        • Advanced Download Options
      • Setting metadata path
      • Binaries Options
      • CDM Options
      • Performance Options
        • Values to Pick
      • Script Options
      • Advanced config options
        • Changing Const Values
        • Mediatype overwrites
    • Depreciated Options
    • Auth
    • Controlling Output/Logs
    • Migrating from Digitalcriminal's script
  • Using the Scraper
    • Using Prompts
      • Old Menu
      • Page 2
    • Username selection or Fuzzy Search
    • Basic Automation with command-line
      • Basic Actions
        • Liking/Unliking Post
        • Downloading Content
          • Downloading Text Files
          • Downloading Purchases From Deleted Models
        • Multiple Actions
      • Model Filtering/Sorting
        • Price Filtering/Sort
      • Advanced Args
      • Scripting tips
      • Enable label scan
    • Recipes
      • Adding Proxy
      • Redownload Deleted Downloads
  • Content Check Modes
    • Table Columns
    • Table Management
      • Pre 3.10.7 filtering
  • Scraping Individual Posts or Media
  • Metadata
    • Schema
    • Creating Metadata
    • Metadata location
  • CDM Setup
    • CDM issues
  • FAQ/Common Issues
    • Page 1
  • Command Reference
    • Shared Options
      • General Program Options
        • Program Options
        • Logging Options
        • Filename Modification Options
        • Media Filters Options
        • Download Options
        • Advanced Program Options
      • Shared Scrape and Metadata Check Mode Options
        • User List Filter Options
          • Advanced User Filters
        • User Selection Options
        • Model Sorting & Processing Options
        • Content Options
        • Automation Options
        • Advanced Search & Processing Options
    • Main Scraper Options
    • Metadata Check Mode Options
    • Content Check Modes Options
    • Manual Mode Options
  • Request Change to Doc
  • Testing
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  • Background Execution
  • -d, --daemon [argument]
  • Automated Actions
  • -a, --action [argument]
  1. Command Reference
  2. Shared Options
  3. Shared Scrape and Metadata Check Mode Options

Automation Options

These options allow you to configure automated actions performed by the program and control its background execution

Background Execution

-d, --daemon [argument]

  • Runs: The program in the background as a daemon process.

  • Argument: (Optional) Specify the desired interval between program runs (e.g., -d 3600 for hourly runs).

  • Default behavior: Without the argument, the program runs once in the foreground.

Automated Actions

-a, --action [argument]

  • Selects: The automated action to perform on posts.

  • Possible choices:

    • like: Like each post encountered during processing.

    • unlike: Unlike each post encountered during processing.

    • download: Download media associated with each post encountered during processing.

Combined actions: You can combine the -a option multiple times to specify multiple actions. For example, -a like -a download or a like,download would like and download media for each post.

Action Descriptions:

Like and unlike are limited by rate limiting

  • Like: Attempts to like each post processed by the program.

  • Unlike: Attempts to unlike each post processed by the program

  • Download: Downloads associated media (e.g., images, videos) from each post processed by the program

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