After logging in, Nothing happens

[OctoLiam]

After logging in, Nothing happens

[jaytgagne]

I second that. Login with email and PW and then nothing happens. I have tried with extra command line options and without. Also have tried it on Linux and Windows. Same results. Setting --log-save isn't creating a log as far as I can tell. Anyone offer any advice on a fix?

[jaytgagne]

I'm realitively new to git so don't beat me up if I missed something or don't explain it well. I took the time to try and help out.

I got it to work after grabbing things from a few different posts. It will require you to use the command line and compile it yourself but that's not too bad. Here is what I did. (Got it working on both Windows and Linux)

1. Get a copy of Skyl3lazer's version(the fork is older but it worked). Either got to https://github.com/Skyl3lazer/PatreonDownloader and download his zip or if you have git installed(recommended) git clone https://github.com/Skyl3lazer/PatreonDownloader -b patch-1 --recursive
2. Unzip or clone and move (cd) to the appropirate /Patreon/PatreonDownloader/ directory.
3. Compile with "dotnet build -c Release"
4. Move to (cd) /Patreon/PatreonDownloader/PatreonDownloader.App directory.
5. From here you should be able to run it.
6. Use something like "dotnet run --url https://www.patreon.com/#ENTER SITE HERE#/posts --embeds --campaign-images --json --log-save --user-sub-directories --download-directory D:\

Read the ReadMe file as well as and the Build instructions (https://github.com/AlexCSDev/PatreonDownloader/blob/master/docs/BUILDING.md) becauase you need the submodules.

That should do it.

[AlexCSDev]

Current estimate for this issue to be addressed - some time next week. I'm pretty sure this is related to #196, so this is closed in favor of that.

[Liquidream]

Thx for suggesting a workaround @jaytgagne
Alas, even after following these steps (correctly, as far as I can tell) - I'm still left with Patreon opening, me logging in (entering 2FA code), then it sitting on the "/home" page and nothing exported.
I tried manually sending the "Chrome automated" tab to the intended "/posts" URL, to see if that kicked things off - but still nothing happens.
(I've also confirmed that the code I built is definitely from Skyl3lazer's patch branch, with submodules obtained).
Weird.

UPDATE: I got it working! 🥳
I ended by using icedstick's fork.
That said, it also failed first time using this fork, but worked 2nd time when I added --log-save.
So, dunno if it was the extra param - or the fact that it properly saved my login token/cookie from the last run.
Either way, I'm relieved to have got a backup of all MY Patreon posts before I part ways with them! 😅