Release Log

  • 2026-06-13: Released pyimagedl v0.4.8 — fix image search and download functionality for everypixel; add image search and download support for Internet Archive image collections and Konachan anime images.

  • 2026-05-18: Released pyimagedl v0.4.7 — added image search and download features for three platforms: the Wellcome Collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  • 2026-04-21: Released pyimagedl v0.4.6 — optimize the implementation of the base image client; add support for searching and downloading images from Flickr and the Cleveland Museum of Art; fix several bugs.

  • 2026-04-09: Released pyimagedl v0.4.5 — fix a bug where the behavior of maintain session was inconsistent with expectations; add two new image search and download sources, jikan.moe and wiki.

  • 2026-04-08: Released pyimagedl v0.4.4 — added support for three new image search and download sites: yande.re, loc.gov, and gbif.org; optimized parts of the code for better IDE hints.

  • 2026-04-05: Released pyimagedl v0.4.3 — added search and download functionality for four new image websites, including NASA, iNaturalist, Picjumbo, and Openverse.

  • 2026-04-04: Released pyimagedl v0.4.2 — added support for searching and downloading images from gratisography.com; fixed image search and download for DuckDuckGo and Yahoo.

  • 2026-03-30: Released pyimagedl v0.4.1 — added three new image search and download websites: Life of Pix, FreeImages, and StockSnap, along with some minor changes.

  • 2026-03-29: Released pyimagedl v0.4.0 — refactored the overall imagedl framework, achieving a qualitative leap in image crawling efficiency; introduced DrissionPage to address the issue that some sites require cookies to be obtained manually, while also improving the crawling of Google Images search results; fixed some bugs.

  • 2026-03-04: Released pyimagedl v0.3.8 — added image search and download functionality for Weibo; integrated the cloudscraper library to better download certain restricted images; code optimizations and bug fixes.

  • 2026-02-23: Released pyimagedl v0.3.7 — resolved underlying issues to restore reliable image search and download functionality across multiple supported platforms.

  • 2026-02-12: Released pyimagedl v0.3.6 — added support for searching and downloading images from FreeNatureStock, and optimized other parts of the code.

  • 2026-02-11: Released pyimagedl v0.3.5 — added support for Everypixel image search and download, fixed the broken Foodiesfeed API, and performed general code optimizations.

  • 2026-01-28: Released pyimagedl v0.3.4 — added support for searching and downloading images from the Foodiesfeed site, along with some code optimizations.

  • 2026-01-25: Released pyimagedl v0.3.3 — added image search and download support for Huaban site, and introduced curl_cffi and cookies as anti-scraping mitigation strategies.

  • 2026-01-23: Released pyimagedl v0.3.2 — fix the Yahoo Image Search bug, and add image search and downloading for the DimTown site.

  • 2026-01-18: Released pyimagedl v0.3.1 — resolved download issues related to specific search rules and implemented support for pexels.com.

  • 2026-01-10: Released pyimagedl v0.3.0 — supports image search and downloading for Safebooru, Gelbooru, and Danbooru, with some argument changes and code optimizations.

  • 2025-12-11: Released pyimagedl v0.2.4 — supports searching for and downloading images from Unsplash, along with some minor improvements.

  • 2025-12-07: Released pyimagedl v0.2.3 — supports searching and downloading via the Yahoo image search engine, with partial tuning of the default arguments.

  • 2025-11-19: Released pyimagedl v0.2.2 — fix potential in-place modified bugs in HTTP requests.

  • 2025-11-16: Released pyimagedl v0.2.1 — fixed some minor bugs in duckduckgo and BaseImageClient.

  • 2025-11-16: Released pyimagedl v0.2.0 — upgrade ImageClient and fixed some minor bugs.

  • 2025-11-10: Released pyimagedl v0.1.8 — fix logging and requirements.

  • 2025-10-22: Released pyimagedl v0.1.7 — refactor codes for google and DuckDuckGo, fix base module requests bugs, and add sogou image search.

  • 2025-10-22: Released pyimagedl v0.1.6 — fix serpapisearch bugs, more robust code structure, add DuckDuckGo image search.

  • 2025-10-21: Released pyimagedl v0.1.5 — fix maintain session bugs, support pixabay and yandex image search.

  • 2025-10-20: Released pyimagedl v0.1.4 — add a deduplication feature and support 360 image search.

  • 2025-10-19: Released pyimagedl v0.1.3 — code cleanup, deprecated/invalid functions removed, new functions added.

  • 2022-03-24: Released pyimagedl v0.1.2 — added author information.

  • 2022-03-22: Released pyimagedl v0.1.0–0.1.1 — added Baidu, Bing, and Google image sources.