Tuesday 30 August 2016

How To Download All Pictures From A Pinterest : 4 Easy Steps 2016-2017



After a security update at pinterest in dec 2014 its no longer possible to download bulk images from pinterest using any kind of software , Website , or userscript non is gonna work BUT here i've figured out a way to DownThemAll. The dirty way .
You can download All images from a board or from a search result in full size ,
Your feedback is highly appreciated.

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So Lets Play With pinterest.



Here is Algorithm :
1: Clean the cache of you browser
2: Open the board and keep scrolling down till the entire page loads
3: Open your browsers cache (Where all loaded image links will be cached).
4: Filter all Pinterest images URL's (Using JavaScript below)
5: DownThemAll with your Favorite Downloader


1 : Clear Cached Data
         Firefox user :Click on the button at top right corner (image 1) > history > Clean recent history>
                              Tick only Cache and press clear now (image 2)
         Chrome users:Use hot key ctrl+h to open history > Click Clear browsing data > Tick cache
                                 Images and files (image below)> clear browsing data


Step 2 : Load Image URL's to cache
                      Open a new tab and load the board or image search results page and keep scrolling utill you think enough images are loaded.

                      You will be able to download only the images which are loaded into your browser so you can choose to load the entire board by keep scrolling untill the entire page  loads.


Step 3: List Cached Image URL's

Firefox users :

                      Open new tab a write about:cache and hit enter > click "list cache entries" located under disk heading.





Chrome users :
                      Open new tab and write about:cache and hit enter


Step 4: Filter Pinterest Image Url's (Main Step)

Both Chrome and Firefox users:


                      Press hot-key ctrl+shif+i > select console tab >paste the following javascript code this will generate full sized image url's from existing thumbnail sized image url's:

var a= document.getElementsByTagName("a");var img;var i=-1;
var body=document.getElementsByTagName("body"); var div=document.createElement("div");
while(++i<a.length){
 if(a[i].href.indexOf("236x")>0){
     div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(a[i].innerHTML.replace("236x","736x")));
     div.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
      }
}
body[0].insertBefore(div,body[0].childNodes[0]);

firefox >>

chrome >>
Step 5 : DownThemAll

                      Final step is to select all these filtered urls and download with your downloader
HappyDownloading :)



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