cowado 0.3.0

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ComicWalkerDownloader aka cowado

CLI tool to download manga images from ComicWalker.

⚠️ Make sure you do not use this tool to infringe any copyright laws.

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Installation

Python 3.11+ is required. Download it from python.org.

pip install cowado

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Quick start

Paste any ComicWalker link and pick an episode:

cowado https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_000097_S

逢魔暮らしの奴さん
24 episodes, 5 available

? Episode
      #1  (13 pages)  第1話
      #2  (10 pages)  第2話
    ❯ #3   (8 pages)  第3話
   #4-15  locked
     #16    (1 page)  1巻発売記念イラスト

? Size  1284x1844

Saving to 逢魔暮らしの奴さん/003
████████████████████████████  8/8
Done. 1.2 MB

That is the whole flow: choose an episode, choose an image size, wait.

Any ComicWalker URL works — a series page or a direct episode link, with or without query parameters:

cowado https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_000097_S
cowado https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_000097_S?episodeType=first
cowado https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_000097_S/episodes/KC_0000970000100011_E

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Reading the episode list

    #1  (13 pages)  第1話
 #4-15  locked
   #16    (1 page)  1巻発売記念イラスト

• #1 is the episode number. Pass it as --episode=1 to skip the prompt and download that episode right away.
• #4-15 locked means episodes 4 through 15 are not free right now. They are shown so you can see what exists, but they cannot be selected.
• Some entries are not chapters at all — illustrations or announcements. The page count gives them away.

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Commands

cowado <url>

Short form of cowado download <url>. Both do the same thing.

cowado check <url>

Show the episode list without downloading anything.

cowado check https://comic-walker.com/detail/KC_000097_S

逢魔暮らしの奴さん
24 episodes, 5 available

    #1  (13 pages)  第1話
    #2  (10 pages)  第2話
    #3   (8 pages)  第3話
 #4-15  locked
   #16    (1 page)  1巻発売記念イラスト
#17-23  locked
   #24   (8 pages)  第22話

cowado version

cowado version

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Flags

Flag	What it does
--episode=N	Download episode N without asking
--size=max	Pick the image size without asking: max, min, mobile, desktop
--output_dir="./path"	Save somewhere else (default: {manga title}/{episode number}/)

# no questions asked
cowado <url> --episode=5 --size=max --output_dir="./manga"

About --size. ComicWalker serves two image sizes, and which one is larger depends on the title. max and min always pick by actual size, so they are the safe choice for scripts. mobile is always 768 px wide; desktop is capped by height and can land anywhere between 650 and 1284 px.

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Where the files go

逢魔暮らしの奴さん/
└── 003/
    ├── 001.webp
    ├── 002.webp
    └── ...

One folder per episode, pages named by number. Use --output_dir to change the location.

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Troubleshooting

Set COWADO_DEBUG=1 to see full error details instead of a one-line message.

COWADO_DEBUG=1 cowado <url>

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