diff --git a/danbooru_data/download.py b/danbooru_data/download.py
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+import os
+import json
+import requests
+import multiprocessing
+import tqdm
+
+# downloads URLs from JSON
+
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('--file', '-f', type=str, required=False)
+parser.add_argument('--out_dir', '-o', type=str, required=False)
+parser.add_argument('--threads', '-p', required=False, default=32)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+class DownloadManager():
+    def __init__(self, max_threads=32):
+        self.failed_downloads = []
+        self.max_threads = max_threads
+    
+    # args = (link, metadata, out_img_dir, out_text_dir)
+    def download(self, args):
+        try:
+            r = requests.get(args[0], stream=True)
+            with open(args[2] + args[0].split('/')[-1], 'wb') as f:
+                for chunk in r.iter_content(1024):
+                    f.write(chunk)
+            with open(args[3] + args[0].split('/')[-1].split('.')[0] + '.txt', 'w') as f:
+                f.write(args[1])
+        except:
+            self.failed_downloads.append((args[0], args[1]))
+    
+    def download_urls(self, file_path, out_dir):
+        with open(file_path) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+        
+        if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
+            os.makedirs(out_dir)
+            os.makedirs(out_dir + '/img')
+            os.makedirs(out_dir + '/text')
+        
+        thread_args = []
+
+        print(f'Loading {file_path} for download on {self.max_threads} threads...')
+
+        # create initial thread_args
+        for k, v in tqdm.tqdm(data.items()):
+            thread_args.append((k, v, out_dir + 'img/', out_dir + 'text/'))
+        
+        # divide thread_args into chunks divisible by max_threads
+        chunks = []
+        for i in range(0, len(thread_args), self.max_threads):
+            chunks.append(thread_args[i:i+self.max_threads])
+        
+        print(f'Downloading {len(thread_args)} images...')
+
+        # download chunks synchronously
+        for chunk in tqdm.tqdm(chunks):
+            with multiprocessing.Pool(self.max_threads) as p:
+                p.map(self.download, chunk)
+
+        if len(self.failed_downloads) > 0:
+            print("Failed downloads:")
+            for i in self.failed_downloads:
+                print(i[0])
+            print("\n")
+        """        
+        # attempt to download any remaining failed downloads
+        print('\nAttempting to download any failed downloads...')
+        print('Failed downloads:', len(self.failed_downloads))
+        if len(self.failed_downloads) > 0:
+            for url in tqdm.tqdm(self.failed_downloads):
+                self.download((url[0], url[1], out_dir + 'img/', out_dir + 'text/'))
+        """
+    
+        
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    dm = DownloadManager(max_threads=args.threads)
+    dm.download_urls(args.file, args.out_dir)
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diff --git a/danbooru_data/scrape.py b/danbooru_data/scrape.py
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+import threading
+import requests
+import json
+import random
+from pybooru import Danbooru
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('--danbooru_username', '-user', type=str, required=False)
+parser.add_argument('--danbooru_key', '-key', type=str, required=False)
+parser.add_argument('--tags', '-t', required=False, default="solo -comic -animated -touhou -rating:general order:score age:<1month")
+parser.add_argument('--posts', '-p', required=False, default=10000)
+parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', required=False, default='links.json')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+class DanbooruScraper():
+    def __init__(self, username, key):
+        self.username = username
+        self.key = key
+        self.dbclient = Danbooru('danbooru', username=self.username, api_key=self.key)
+
+    # This will get danbooru urls and tags, put them in a dict, then write as a json file
+    def get_urls(self, tags, num_posts, batch_size, file="data_urls.json"):
+        dict = {}
+        if num_posts % batch_size != 0:
+            print("Error: num_posts must be divisible by batch_size")
+            return
+        for i in tqdm(range(num_posts//batch_size)):
+            urls = self.dbclient.post_list(tags=tags, limit=batch_size, random=False, page=i)
+            if not urls:
+                print(f'Empty results at {i}')
+                break
+            for j in urls:
+                if 'file_url' in j:
+                    if j['file_url'] not in dict:
+                        d_url = j['file_url']
+                        d_tags = j['tag_string_copyright'] + " " + j['tag_string_character'] + " " + j['tag_string_general'] + " " + j['tag_string_artist']
+
+                        dict[d_url] = d_tags
+                else:
+                    print("Error: file_url not found")
+        with open(file, 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(dict, f)
+
+# now test
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ds = DanbooruScraper(args.danbooru_username, args.danbooru_key)
+    ds.get_urls(args.tags, args.posts, 100, file=args.output)
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