Retrieve Reddit subcategory when redgifs runs as child extractor

[trych]

Hi there!

I have this config setup:

{
    "extractor": {

        "reddit":
        {
            "subreddit": {
              "directory": ["Reddit", "r_{subreddit}"],
              "filename": "{author}_{title[:180]!t:R /_/}{num:?_//>02}_{id}.{extension}"
            },
            "user": {
              "directory": ["Reddit", "u_{author}"],
              "filename": "{title[:180]!t:R /_/}{num:?_//>02}_{id}.{extension}"
            },

            "#": "transfer metadata to any child extractor as '_reddit_'",
            "parent-metadata": "_reddit_",
        },

        "redgifs": {
            "image": {
                "directory": {
                    "'_reddit_' in locals() and '_reddit_[subcategory]' == 'subreddit'": ["Reddit", "r_{_reddit_[subreddit]}"],
                    "'_reddit_' in locals()": ["Reddit", "u_{_reddit_[author]}"],
                    ""                      : ["Redgifs", "Clips", "Unsorted"]
                }
            },
            "filename": {
                "'_reddit_' in locals()": "{_reddit_[title][:180]!t:?/_/R /_/}{_reddit_[id]}_redgifs.{extension}",
                ""                      : "{filename}.{extension}"
            },
            "format": ["hd", "sd", "gif"],
            "fallback": true,
            "skip": true
        }
    }
}

I would love to have files saved in Reddit/r_subreddit/ when I download a subreddit (instead of a user profile), but this only works for the extractor itself and not for the redgifs child extractor.

How would I need to change this directory condition to actually figure out if I am downloading a subreddit or not?

"'_reddit_' in locals() and '_reddit_[subcategory]' == 'subreddit'"

Currently all redgif files end up in Reddit/u_username/.
Thanks!

[mikf]

'_reddit_[subcategory]' == 'subreddit'

This compares the strings "_reddit_[subcategory]" and "subreddit". To access the actual subcategory value, you should not put _reddit_[subcategory] in quotes but only the subcategory part:

"'_reddit_' in locals() and _reddit_['subcategory'] == 'subreddit'"

Also, you can use reddit>redgifs as config section to not have to check for '_reddit_' in locals():

        "reddit>redgifs": {
            "image": {
                "directory": {
                    "_reddit_['subcategory'] == 'subreddit'": ["Reddit", "r_{_reddit_[subreddit]}"],
                    "": ["Reddit", "u_{_reddit_[author]}"]
                }
            }
        },
        "redgifs": {
            "image": {
                "directory": ["Redgifs", "Clips", "Unsorted"]
            }
        }

[trych]

@mikf Thank you so much. I thought I had tried literally every possible combination of single quotes and other variants on that conditional statement. Apparently not, though. Works really well, thanks a lot!