[deviantart] only downloads GIF preview

[ghost]

Go ahead, download it (https://www.deviantart.com/skatergators/art/COM-Monique-Model-781571783) by yourself. It only downloads the preview, not the actual animation

[mikf]

That's the DeviantArt OAuth API at fault, it seems. gallery-dl does request the download URL for the original file, but that points to a preview for some reason. The non-download URL however has the full GIF animation and you can get it by setting deviantart.original to false:
gallery-dl -o original=false https://www.deviantart.com/skatergators/art/COM-Monique-Model-781571783.

But why this happens in the first place and how to detect it in general is something that needs to be investigated. Maybe it happens for all (and only) GIF files?

[ghost]

hmm, so far that I know:

• It has no problem to download video
• all still pictures have no problem to download
• also works well when downloading SWF

yeah, I think it only happens to GIF

Also, I think the -o original=false option doesn't work well in batch

[mikf]

I've taken a look at a couple of GIFs and the pattern holds true:

• "original" download URLs contain a preview version
• "preview" URLs have the original GIF animation

... so every file ending in .gif now always uses said "preview" URL.

[Hrxn]

Those cheeky little buggers..

[Hrxn]

Uh oh.. GitHub comments on here look broken right now.

[mikf]

Those cheeky little buggers..

Or incompetent little buggers. They've also managed to set a wrong value for download_filesize ever since WixMP took over.

Uh oh.. GitHub comments on here look broken right now.

Speaking of incompetence ...