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[GH-ISSUE #45] [Question] How to fetch multiple accounts in v4.0? #43

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opened 2026-02-27 19:03:13 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

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Originally created by @Duck-3243 on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/Twitter-X-Media-Batch-Downloader/issues/45

First of all, thanks for the new version. Looks way more polished and functional.

However, I can't seem to get the multiple fetch working. It looks like the fetching query doesn't interpret commas correctly anymore. Output log says:

[21:17:50] [info] fetching @user1, user2, user3...
[21:17:50] [info] fetching batch 1...
[21:17:52] [error] failed to fetch: failed to extract timeline: error: requested user could not be found
[21:17:52] [error] failed to fetch media

I noticed the lack of "@"s; looks like the entire "user1, user2, user3" is being treated as a single username.

Originally created by @Duck-3243 on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/Twitter-X-Media-Batch-Downloader/issues/45 First of all, thanks for the new version. Looks way more polished and functional. However, I can't seem to get the multiple fetch working. It looks like the fetching query doesn't interpret commas correctly anymore. Output log says: ``` [21:17:50] [info] fetching @user1, user2, user3... [21:17:50] [info] fetching batch 1... [21:17:52] [error] failed to fetch: failed to extract timeline: error: requested user could not be found [21:17:52] [error] failed to fetch media ``` I noticed the lack of "@"s; looks like the entire "user1, user2, user3" is being treated as a single username.

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@afkarxyz commented on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025):

In v4.0, there is no longer support for multiple fetches. I would like to see feedback for future development.

@afkarxyz commented on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025): In v4.0, there is no longer support for multiple fetches. I would like to see feedback for future development.

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2026-02-27 19:03:14 +03:00

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@zabilhyun commented on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025):

same problem here, it wont work even i manually add an "@" infront of username, i hope you can bring back batch fetching.

[06:35:57] [error] failed to fetch: failed to extract timeline: error: requested user could not be found [06:35:57] [error] failed to fetch media

also is there any option to update the saved fetches (.json) ? seems it only want load and not updating it to latest fetches, and i think the previous version has auto update the save files,

@zabilhyun commented on GitHub (Dec 5, 2025): same problem here, it wont work even i manually add an "@" infront of username, i hope you can bring back batch fetching. `[06:35:57] [error] failed to fetch: failed to extract timeline: error: requested user could not be found [06:35:57] [error] failed to fetch media` also is there any option to update the saved fetches (.json) ? seems it only want load and not updating it to latest fetches, and i think the previous version has auto update the save files,

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2026-02-27 19:03:14 +03:00

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@TeKett commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025):

In v4.0, there is no longer support for multiple fetches. I would like to see feedback for future development.

Gotta say that's a bad change, you cant load the old json files to get the list back, and you cant just paste all the names to add them in a single click either. The point of a program like this is to fetch thousands of accounts. Having to paste one by one in order to add them defeats the purpose of using your tool over gallery-dl directly.

Isn't it just a loop? Turn input string into a list, loop the fetch on the list? I see no reason for why it was removed. On that topic, rather then entering a name to fetch it, how about simply just adding the name to the list, rather then fetching immediately. So you can add 100 more to your total of 1000 without having to fetch those 100, only to then go over to the full list of now 1100, update, and then fetch all of them, where you run those 100 twice which eats into the rate limit.

@TeKett commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2025): > In v4.0, there is no longer support for multiple fetches. I would like to see feedback for future development. Gotta say that's a bad change, you cant load the old json files to get the list back, and you cant just paste all the names to add them in a single click either. The point of a program like this is to fetch thousands of accounts. Having to paste one by one in order to add them defeats the purpose of using your tool over gallery-dl directly. Isn't it just a loop? Turn input string into a list, loop the fetch on the list? I see no reason for why it was removed. On that topic, rather then entering a name to fetch it, how about simply just adding the name to the list, rather then fetching immediately. So you can add 100 more to your total of 1000 without having to fetch those 100, only to then go over to the full list of now 1100, update, and then fetch all of them, where you run those 100 twice which eats into the rate limit.

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2026-02-27 19:03:14 +03:00

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@zumoterazu commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2025):

It’s very strange that the function for bulk updating and downloading has been removed :/
For me, because of that, version 4.0 is useless, and I don’t plan to use it until those functions are restored.

@zumoterazu commented on GitHub (Dec 7, 2025): It’s very strange that the function for bulk updating and downloading has been removed :/ For me, because of that, version 4.0 is useless, and I don’t plan to use it until those functions are restored.

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@afkarxyz commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2025):

has been implemented

@afkarxyz commented on GitHub (Dec 11, 2025): has been implemented

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[GH-ISSUE #43] [Question] Why is an auth token necessary for downloads? #42

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