[GH-ISSUE #55] Feature Request: Ability to save new accounts without fetching #53

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opened 2026-02-27 19:03:16 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @TeKett on GitHub (Dec 25, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/Twitter-X-Media-Batch-Downloader/issues/55

So that you can add a 1000, and then add 500 more, since 300 of them could be be duplicates so you don't want to fetch those. So you add them in the home tab, and fetch from saved. Or just merge the home and saved tab into one tab. Programs like these are only really needed when working with thousands of accounts you want to fetch. So build it like you are working with 10'000+ accounts.

And being able to add multiple auth tokens would be nice. So that when one runs out of posts it can view for the day it goes to the next one. And being able to only fetch new posts is needed, so that it stops when it finds already downloaded posts, so that it does not eat up the number of daily posts you can view. Since im guessing the fetching is part of that same pool. Its also re-downloading deleted files, which was the point in me recommending using sqlite, so that it can remember which files have been downloaded already, wich also needs a toggle for re-download or skip downloaded.

It also says failed - failed to extract timeline: empty_response: extractor returned no data. the timeline may be empty or inaccessible on all forms of errors. Rather then saying what the error is, like if i have run out of the number of posts i can view for the day, or some other reason. So on most errors its just waiting until it times out, only if there is no posts or the account no longer exists does it go next. Like it is saying that it is failing the fetch, but i can still download fetches that have completed, so im not being rate limited yet on the token im currently using.

There is also no way to clear out completed from the home tab, so that you can retry all for only those that failed.

Its also fetching all media even though i set it to only fetch images, you cant select multiple media types, and there is no way to change the media type after an account has been saved.

On the saved page it would be good to have a update button on each entry rather then only at the top. Unless it is also updating when you do a download, since there is no reason for the two to be separate.

Originally created by @TeKett on GitHub (Dec 25, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/Twitter-X-Media-Batch-Downloader/issues/55 So that you can add a 1000, and then add 500 more, since 300 of them could be be duplicates so you don't want to fetch those. So you add them in the home tab, and fetch from saved. Or just merge the home and saved tab into one tab. Programs like these are only really needed when working with thousands of accounts you want to fetch. So build it like you are working with 10'000+ accounts. And being able to add multiple auth tokens would be nice. So that when one runs out of posts it can view for the day it goes to the next one. And being able to only fetch new posts is needed, so that it stops when it finds already downloaded posts, so that it does not eat up the number of daily posts you can view. Since im guessing the fetching is part of that same pool. Its also re-downloading deleted files, which was the point in me recommending using sqlite, so that it can remember which files have been downloaded already, wich also needs a toggle for re-download or skip downloaded. It also says `failed - failed to extract timeline: empty_response: extractor returned no data. the timeline may be empty or inaccessible` on all forms of errors. Rather then saying what the error is, like if i have run out of the number of posts i can view for the day, or some other reason. So on most errors its just waiting until it times out, only if there is no posts or the account no longer exists does it go next. Like it is saying that it is failing the fetch, but i can still download fetches that have completed, so im not being rate limited yet on the token im currently using. There is also no way to clear out completed from the home tab, so that you can retry all for only those that failed. Its also fetching all media even though i set it to only fetch images, you cant select multiple media types, and there is no way to change the media type after an account has been saved. On the saved page it would be good to have a update button on each entry rather then only at the top. Unless it is also updating when you do a download, since there is no reason for the two to be separate.