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## Downloader types
There are a number of different downloader types, each with its own purpose. This is a short summary of them:
URL download: Intended for single posts or images. (Works with the [API](client_api.md))
Gallery: For big download jobs such as an artist's catalogue, everything with a given tag on a booru.
Subscriptions: Repeated gallery jobs, for keeping up to date with an artist or tag. Use gallery downloader to get everything and a subscription to keep updated.
Watcher: Imageboard thread downloader, such as 4chan, 8chan, and what else exists. (Works with the [API](client_api.md))
Simple downloader: Intended for simple one-off jobs like grabbing all linked images in a page.
**URL download**
: Intended for single posts or images. (Works with the [API](client_api.md))
**Gallery**
: For big download jobs such as an artist's catalogue, everything with a given tag on a booru.
**Subscriptions**
: Repeated gallery jobs, for keeping up to date with an artist or tag. Use gallery downloader to get everything and a subscription to keep updated.
**Watcher**
: Imageboard thread downloader, such as 4chan, 8chan, and what else exists. (Works with the [API](client_api.md))
**Simple downloader**
: Intended for simple one-off jobs like grabbing all linked images in a page.
## File import settings
File import settings has a number of options that deal with the files being downloaded and what should happen to them. There's a few more tickboxes if you turn on advanced mode