Cannot get gallery-dl to download a tag search from Deviantart

[Logan9778]

I have Oauth set up and entered in config, but for some reason, gallery-dl keeps downloading the same random pictures, which looks like they're from it's most popular category.

For instance, if I write -> gallery-dl "https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=anime"

I get -

• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_197858159_A l'aise....jpg
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_91352648_Tiger cub.jpg
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_139286670_Baby Steps 0268P.png
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_428964840_Sky Turtle.jpg
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_494770871_Light and shadow ( Video Tutorial ).jpg
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_340935802_-Eevee-.jpg
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_198424283_Curious Titmouse 6941P.jpg
• .\gallery-dl\deviantart\Popular\all-time\anime\deviantart_404380624_Riders.jpg

instead of anime pictures.

It happens no matter what tag I write. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Gallery-dl works fine on Danbooru when I try it there, so it appears it's just Deviantart.

Thanks. I'm using Windows 10.

[mikf]

Search on DeviantArt doesn't really work since the OAuth API does not support it.
The "best" gallery-dl can do is using the search functionality of the /browse/popular endpoint, which is not very good.

[Logan9778]

Thanks! I guess that's why I"m getting all the animal pics in "Popular".
So we just have to wait for the API to support it?

[mikf]

That's never going to happen. It is a miracle that this old API is still functional, with DeviantArt having switched over to their new Eclipse interface a couple of years ago.

At some point, all the current dA code will have to switch to said interface, but I'm not sure when this is going to happen; see the deviantart-rewrite branch.