[Pixiv] How to use?

[reiggs]

I'm new at using this software and using commands.

I was trying to use mainly for Twitter and Pixiv. Twitter works perfectly fine but when trying Pixiv I get this:
"[pixiv][info] Logging in as None
[pixiv][error] AuthenticationError: Invalid or missing login credentials"

Do I have to have to log in with my credentials through cmd or is there something else I'm missing?

[wankio]

paste this into your config

   "pixiv":
        {
                 
            "username": "here",
            "password": "here",
 	    "ugoira": true
}
          

[kattjevfel]

You can also use gallery-dl --username asdf --password asdf, as seen in the help page:

Authentication Options:
  -u, --username USER       Username to login with
  -p, --password PASS       Password belonging to the given username

[reiggs]

You can also use gallery-dl --username asdf --password asdf, as seen in the help page:

Authentication Options:
  -u, --username USER       Username to login with
  -p, --password PASS       Password belonging to the given username

For you username is do you enter your ID

paste this into your config

   "pixiv":
        {
                 
            "username": "here",
            "password": "here",
 	    "ugoira": true
}
          

So I did edit the config file but it's still giving me the same problem. I'll attach some screenshots.

Sorry I'm still pretty new to this

[left1000]

yeah, uh, it's not possible to login to pixiv, as such it's not possible to use gallery-dl on pixiv
I've got the same problem:

[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443 "POST /auth/token HTTP/1.1" 400 299
[pixiv][error] AuthenticationError: Invalid or missing login credentials

It used to work, I just logged in via webbrowser (proving that my login worked at all), not sure what the issue is, either having an @ in all the usernames or something else? not sure?

[reiggs]

yeah, uh, it's not possible to login to pixiv, as such it's not possible to use gallery-dl on pixiv
I've got the same problem:

[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443 "POST /auth/token HTTP/1.1" 400 299
[pixiv][error] AuthenticationError: Invalid or missing login credentials

It used to work, I just logged in via webbrowser (proving that my login worked at all), not sure what the issue is, either having an @ in all the usernames or something else? not sure?

Ah that's a shame

[left1000]

well I'm a novice myself, so the issue might be fixable, it used to work fine... as recently as like 2 months ago, not sure what changed?

[kattjevfel]

You can also use gallery-dl --username asdf --password asdf, as seen in the help page:

Authentication Options:
  -u, --username USER       Username to login with
  -p, --password PASS       Password belonging to the given username

For you username is do you enter your ID

You use your username, like so:

        "pixiv": {
            "filename": "{filename}.{extension}",
            "username": "kattus",
            "password": "<nope>",
            "ugoira": true
        },

yeah, uh, it's not possible to login to pixiv, as such it's not possible to use gallery-dl on pixiv
I've got the same problem:

[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443 "POST /auth/token HTTP/1.1" 400 299
[pixiv][error] AuthenticationError: Invalid or missing login credentials

It used to work, I just logged in via webbrowser (proving that my login worked at all), not sure what the issue is, either having an @ in all the usernames or something else? not sure?

Works here, are you using a bat script or something, makes me think of #1191.

katt@main ~ » gallery-dl --verbose https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/86434527
[gallery-dl][debug] Version 1.16.1-dev
[gallery-dl][debug] Python 3.9.1 - Linux-5.10.2-zen1-1-zen-x86_64-with-glibc2.32
[gallery-dl][debug] requests 2.25.1 - urllib3 1.25.10
[gallery-dl][debug] Starting DownloadJob for 'https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/86434527'
[pixiv][debug] Using PixivWorkExtractor for 'https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/86434527'
[pixiv][info] Logging in as kattus
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://oauth.secure.pixiv.net:443 "POST /auth/token HTTP/1.1" 200 407
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): app-api.pixiv.net:443
[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] https://app-api.pixiv.net:443 "GET /v1/illust/detail?illust_id=86434527 HTTP/1.1" 200 640
[pixiv][debug] Using download archive '/mnt/jupiter/Temp/gallery-dl/archives/pixiv.sqlite3'
[pixiv][debug] Active postprocessor modules: [ExecPP, UgoiraPP]
/mnt/jupiter/Temp/gallery-dl/pixiv/944707 yuri_nayuta/86434527_p0.jpg

[mikf]

Or maybe it's the same as #1069 and gallery-dl --clear-cache solves it?

@reiggs
Your config file isn't at one of the places listed here, so gallery-dl doesn't automatically load it and doesn't have your Pixiv credentials to login ([pixiv][info] Logging in as None)

[left1000]

I've tried --clear-cache and I've tried --username

Thing is, I don't have a username on pixiv, most people don't, they have email addresses. So when I put my email address in as a username it doesn't work because it's maybe not expecting an @?

So, yeah, if I somehow had a username that wasn't an email address, maybe it works fine, that's what it looks like in your kattus example. That's not a likely use case though.

[UnclassifiedX]

How I use the pixiv extractor is having a config.json that looks like this:

You're username is user_ (whatever comes after)

Then running gallery-dl --config config.json [URL] inside a cmd prompt where the json is located will start the process.

Hope this helps, the problem I originally had was using my actual username and not user_XXXX

[left1000]

I do think that my UI used to look like that eons ago, but now? it just shows my fake incorrect username with no user_ in front of it.

edit: I went and viewed my profile, which gives the number by which other people find my profile, but user_99999 doesn't solve the problem either.

edit2: I guess it would help if instead of invalid credentials it would say something more specific about what was wrong :-/

[UnclassifiedX]

A bit strange since this is the current UI when logging into the site.

[left1000]

Hahahaha everything I said was pure trash!

My password was insecure and in need of updating, on the website I clicked not now over and over and over.

That was the step choking gallery-dl it didn't know what to do with an optional warning you can skip past.

I changed my password and pixiv on gallery-dl works great now :-p

What I thought must've been my "fake" username was in fact the valid real username. However since the gallery-dl error message was so vague I assumed my username or password were wrong, not that gallery-dl was choking on an optional popup message.

This also explains why my config file went from working to not working (without my username or password changing).

edit:

Hopefully either what @UnclassifiedX said or the much stupider problem and solution that I had will help @reiggs

[wankio]

you should using pip version, i'm usually type gallery-dl (can be shorten) so default config folder is :
C:\Users[username]\gallery-dl

I've tried --clear-cache and I've tried --username

Thing is, I don't have a username on pixiv, most people don't, they have email addresses. So when I put my email address in as a username it doesn't work because it's maybe not expecting an @?

So, yeah, if I somehow had a username that wasn't an email address, maybe it works fine, that's what it looks like in your kattus example. That's not a likely use case though.

i have many account and have their own username lol, i can login use that username too : @username
you can just create new account to test