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+import requests, os, re, json, sys, argparse
+
+argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Download streamer emotes from Twitch.')
+
+class TwApi:
+    session = requests.Session()
+    def __init__(self):
+        resp = self.session.get("https://www.twitch.tv/")
+        client_id = re.search('clientId="(.*?)",', resp.content.decode()).group(1)
+        self.client_id = client_id
+        # return client_id
+
+    def gqlPlaybackAccessToken(self, channel: str) -> str:
+        'input channel name, return channel_id'
+        resp = self.session.post(
+            url="https://gql.twitch.tv/gql",
+            json={
+                "operationName": "PlaybackAccessToken_Template",
+                "query": 'query PlaybackAccessToken_Template($login: String!, $isLive: Boolean!, $vodID: ID!, $isVod: Boolean!, $playerType: String!, $platform: String!) {  streamPlaybackAccessToken(channelName: $login, params: {platform: $platform, playerBackend: "mediaplayer", playerType: $playerType}) @include(if: $isLive) {    value    signature   authorization { isForbidden forbiddenReasonCode }   __typename  }  videoPlaybackAccessToken(id: $vodID, params: {platform: $platform, playerBackend: "mediaplayer", playerType: $playerType}) @include(if: $isVod) {    value    signature   __typename  }}',
+                "variables": {
+                    "isLive": True,
+                    "login": channel,
+                    "isVod": False,
+                    "vodID": "",
+                    "playerType": "site",
+                    "platform": "web",
+                },
+            },
+            headers={"Client-Id": self.client_id},
+        )
+        r_dict: dict = resp.json()
+        v = json.loads(r_dict['data']['streamPlaybackAccessToken']['value'])
+        r = v['channel_id']
+        # print(r)
+        return r.__str__()
+
+
+    def gqlEmotePicker(self, channelOwnerID: str) -> dict:
+        'return a dict like `{\'pewdiepieLegendBroFist\': \'emotesv2_b6e72807df1b4c78a0b70c8bb534b2fc\'}`'
+        resp = self.session.post(
+            url="https://gql.twitch.tv/gql",
+            json=[
+                {
+                    "operationName": "EmotePicker_EmotePicker_UserSubscriptionProducts",
+                    "variables": {"channelOwnerID": channelOwnerID},
+                    "extensions": {
+                        "persistedQuery": {
+                            "version": 1,
+                            "sha256Hash": "71b5f829a4576d53b714c01d3176f192cbd0b14973eb1c3d0ee23d5d1b78fd7e",
+                        }
+                    },
+                }
+            ],
+            headers={"Client-Id": self.client_id},
+        )
+        resp_dict = resp.json()
+        r_dict = dict()
+        if resp_dict[0]['data']['channel']['localEmoteSets'] != None:
+            for emo_set in resp_dict[0]['data']['channel']['localEmoteSets']:
+                for emo in emo_set['emotes']:
+                    r_dict[emo['token']] = emo['id']
+
+        for emo_set in resp_dict[0]['data']['user']['subscriptionProducts']:
+            for emo in emo_set['emotes']:
+                # if emo['assetType'] == 'ANIMATED':
+                #     ext = '.gif'
+                # elif emo['assetType'] == 'STATIC':
+                #     ext = '.png'
+                r_dict[emo['token']] = emo['id']
+
+        return r_dict
+    
+    def downloadEmote(self, filename: str, url: str):
+        resp = self.session.get(url)
+        ext = resp.headers['Content-Type'].split('/')[-1]
+        # if ('.png' not in filename) and ('.gif' not in filename):
+        #     from PIL import Image
+        #     from io import BytesIO
+        #     img = Image.open(BytesIO(resp.content))
+        #     ext = img.format.lower()
+        filename += f'.{ext}'
+        with open(filename, mode='wb') as f:
+            f.write(resp.content)
+        print(f'download as {filename}')
+
+
+    def downloadEmotes(self, emote_dict: dict, max_workers: int = 20, dir: str = ''):
+        if not os.path.exists(dir):
+            os.mkdir(dir)
+        import concurrent.futures
+        executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers)
+        thr_set = set()
+        for filename, url in emote_dict.items():
+            thr = executor.submit(
+                self.downloadEmote, 
+                filename=os.path.join(dir, filename), 
+                url=f'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/emoticons/v2/{url}/default/light/3.0')
+            thr_set.add(thr)
+        executor.shutdown()
+
+        for thr in thr_set:
+            thr: concurrent.futures.Future
+            e = thr.exception()
+            if e != None:
+                print(thr.result())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    argparser.add_argument('-c', '--channel', dest='channel', help='Channel name.', required=True)
+    argparser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', dest='dir', help='Download files into this directory. (default: \'./emotes\', will create if not exist.)', default='./emotes')
+    argparser.add_argument('-p', '--proxy', dest='proxy', help='Use specified HTTP proxy server. (e.g. \'http://localhost:10809\', or you can set https_proxy or all_proxy in the terminal)', default='')
+    args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.proxy != '':
+        os.environ["all_proxy"] = args.proxy
+
+    api = TwApi()
+    channel_id = api.gqlPlaybackAccessToken(args.channel)
+    emote_dict = api.gqlEmotePicker(channel_id)
+    api.downloadEmotes(emote_dict=emote_dict, dir=args.dir)
+    # print(emote_dict)
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