2021-02-10 - Starting the path to finalizing the experimental branch:

• Fixed a major oversight when it comes to scraping more than 25 posts for each day (more than 25 requires an offset query to be added to the undocumented API call).
• Allowing for direct media grabbing alongside JSON caching to save on time (it was faster to grab both JSON and media simultaneously day-by-day as opposed to grabbing JSON data in bulk and then checking each JSON file afterwards).
  • Finally figured out a method of getting the script to stop whenever Ctrl C is pressed on the keyboard (apparently sys.exit cares about flushing stdout buffers as opposed to os._exit)

2020-12-30 - Alleviating some Issues:

• Opting for JSON caching as opposed to direct media grabbing (smaller and comes with more info).
• Adding the use of a documented API function to retrieve the last known post in the channel.

2020-11-09 - Major Repository Overhaul:

• Removed the experimental branches and renamed the master branch.
• Overhauled the SimpleRequests module and ensured Python 2 and 3 compatibility.
• Updated the API target since the current API version is 8 despite what Discord says on their official API reference.
• Updated the wiki pages to add a reference guide for those wanting to make use of SimpleRequests or for those wanting to make their own scrapers for Discord.
• Forewent the PEP8 compliance because it just adds bulk on top of the code that's not really needed.

2019-11-20 - Experimental Overhaul:

• Resurrected the experimental branch again for some testing.
• Created a separate module for this script (SimpleRequests).
• Added buffer size option in the JSON file (defaults to 1 MiB).
• Merged and removed experimental branch yet again.

2019-06-18 - Maintenance Update:

• Updated the README to update the token gathering method.
• Updated the README to remove unnecessary image use.
• Added personal/direct message channel option in JSON file.
• Removed page count option from the JSON file.
• Updated the wiki for this repository.

2019-01-29 - Overhaul:

• Merged Python 2 and Python 3 functionality into a single file.
• Removed the experimental branch since it is no longer needed.
• Added functionality to download text data and links.
• Added ability to set number of pages to grab (each page nets approximately 25 images).

2018-11-13 - Released:

• Implemented a new concept from the experimental branch.
• Updated the experimental branch to match the master branch.
• I will find a method of alleviating the duplicate image/videos issue.
• I will fix up the commenting and make the code easier on the eyes.

2018-08-28 - Added Experimental Branch:

• Python 3 version of script now uses a separate config.
• MFA token now goes in the separate config to help avoid accidental leakage of one's MFA token.
• Multiple channel and server support added.
• Replaced the requests module with http.client module which is built-in to Python 3.7.

2018-04-07 - Beta Fix #3:

• Fixed threading issue (too many concurrent threads).
• Fixed filename issues when grabbing files with similar filenames (still a potential issue with large amounts of files but significantly less issues).

2018-04-07 - Beta Fix #2:

• Fixed problems when downloading from channels with less than 25 images/videos as the older scripts assumed more than 25 images/videos in the channel.
• I will incorporate a better method of grabbing images where there's less corruptions and less missing photos.

2018-02-21 - Beta Update #1:

• Updated this README to include warning information.
• Created a version for those running Python 3.
• Updated the Python 2 version to match the Python 3 version with threading support.

2017-10-03 - Beta Fix #1:

• Fixed issue with URL appending offset query information on top of itself indefinitely.
• Fixed issue with uninitialized opener data when grabbing multiple pages of JSON data.
• Added new function to allow for the resetting of opener data when grabbing JSON data.

2017-10-03 - Beta Release:

• The first release of the script.
• Not meant for production use.
• Still has bugs to fix and features to implement.