Directories, indexes and files

QPictureDownloader works on those kind of items: indexes, files and directories.

An index is a web page which is scanned for available files. By default, the program recognises the href attribute of the <a> tags and filters the files against a given list of extensions: you can either select them among some well-known image extensions (such as .jpeg, .bmp, …) or enter a space separated list of extensions (without the leading dot). However, the page analysis tools allow you to fully customize how indexes are parsed.

A file is simply a remote resource which is to be downloaded. Files are the main output of the analysis of a page, but they can be edited manually to correct possible errors.

A file is simply a remote resource which is to be downloaded. Files are the main output of the analysis of a page, but they can be edited manually to correct possible errors.